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

[S. Massy]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 06:53:16PM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote:
> My keyboard is only available on Google play.
> 
> Shoot me an email off list if you want a trial apk. You'll at least be able
> to test it out on your device without google play for a month or two and
> see if it actually works first.
I'd very much like to try this if possible, thanks.
Cheers,
S.M.

> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 11:30 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cah4110 at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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>
> > 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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