[BRLTTY] OT: On screen Braille keyboard for Android (Soft Braille Keyboard)

[Cheryl Homiak]

Will your program and brltty work on the Kindle Fire; i have the 5th generation. Brltty is not available from the Amazon's app store but I know I can also use the google play store with some modifications to my settings. I do have the braille program that is available from the Amazon store but haven't gotten around to use it because I heard that its use is rather limited. Unfortunately kindle books can't be read with braille on the Fire as they can be on iOS, or that's what I understand anyway. But that isn't the only thing I use the Fire to do.

As for accessibility I am mostly pleased with my Kindle Fire but the touch seems to be slightly different than in iOS devices and I tend to be slower with it especially when entering addresses in the silk browser. But that doesn't keep me from using it.

> On Apr 19, 2016, at 5:19 AM, Daniel Dalton <daniel.dalton10 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Shérab,
> 
> Thanks for checking it out. I am blind myself and use BRLTTY actually.
> 
> I think Android accessibility has come a long way over the years and is very good nowadays. I don't really use IOS, but the main thing I notice is probably that Android isn't as strong on the web browsing front as IOS. Web browsing is still definitely possible, but maybe not as comfortably as on IOS.
> 
> Otherwise, I haven't had any issues. I'd just say to stick to a device with the latest Android version - accessibility is better in the later versions of Android. The Google phones are quite good and Samsung aren't bad (I use a Samsung), but some vendors modify the operating system quite a bit, so better to stick with a device running a raw Android where possible.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Shérab <Sebastien.Hinderer at ens-lyon.org <mailto:Sebastien.Hinderer at ens-lyon.org>> wrote:
> Dear Daniel,
> 
> Many thanks for sharing this, it's great news.
> Are you blind yourself? What do you think about Android's accessibility
> as compared to iOS accessibility?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Shérab.
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