[BRLTTY] Android: Cannot connect with Brailliant BI 40 x via Bluetooth

Jason J.G. White jason at jasonjgw.net
Sun Feb 15 20:22:35 UTC 2026


Daniel Gartmann <lists at danielgartmann.dk> wrote:
>Trying with BRLTTY version 6.8-420 to connect to my Brailliant BI 40 x 
>via
>Bluetooth, but cannot get any Braille output on the display. The device is
>paired with my Pixel 8 Pro and I have selected it in the BRLTTY settings
>under Manage Devices.

Limitations affecting the use of HID protocols via Bluetooth under 
Android were mentioned here recently. What you're trying to do may be 
unsupported due to Android limitations that BRLTTY can't work around.


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