[BRLTTY] A Potential Frankenstein Solution of using a braille display with android without talkback?

[Chevelle]

I turned Talkback off and booted my phone using BRLTTY.  Yes it comes up 
before the password prompt.  It is tricky to understand, but using a 
comination of a Bluetooth keyboard and BRLTTY, I was able to log in.  
Then I started Talkback again.  If you play around with it, you can 
probably figure it out.


On 1/29/26 9:07 AM, Zachary Morris wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It's been several years since I emailed this list and since I've tried 
> Brltty with android. But here's my question. Let's say, at this point, 
> it's a hypothetical, I decide, "Talkback's too slow for me, and not 
> powerful enough. I want to use Jieshuo, (Commentary Screen Reader)". 
> Now, let's also say that we want braille display support with Jieshuo, 
> which at this point isn't possible. In theory, Brltty could be used, 
> but I have a very important question that either makes or breaks my 
> workflow. Does brltty get booted before the passcode prompt comes up? 
> If it does, then this setup could actually work! Jieshuo and brltty 
> could work together so I can use my braille display during the enter 
> password part. My password is not a 6 digit numeric passcode. It's a 
> 16 character alphanumeric password, and typing using the on-screen 
> qwerty keyboard is a nightmare! I know Talkback braille keyboard 
> doesn't work if you're not using talkback, and the same thing applies 
> for advanced braille keyboard. Any tips, tricks, and suggestions would 
> be greatly appreciated for this weird, frankenstein setup! I want to 
> use this setup because with talkback and documents, reading and 
> editing it in braille, if the document is long enough, can and will 
> straight up crash talkback, the braille display, or both. I'm using my 
> HumanWare NLS eReader over Bluetooth.
>
> Regards,
>
> Zach
>
>
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