[BRLTTY] Using Brltty for Android without TalkBack

[Brian Tew]

I believe those commands would be device specific.
What braille display will you use?
you can google "brltty commands display-name."
But I don't mind noing it if it's a problem for you.
 

On Jun 2, 2018, at 5:44 PM, Siena Trigiani <siena.trigiani at gmail.com> wrote:

Hello all,

Although I have been using Android since March of 2015, I am very new to the Brltty app and to this list, so I hope that I am asking this question in the right place.

Yesterday I installed the Brltty app for Android. I have a BraillePen 12 Touch display from a company called Harpo. Although Brltty does not have the drivers for this particular display, I was able to pair it using the auto-detect function. However I don't know any of the commands to go to the previous and next item, jump to top or to bottom of the screen etc. I have a faulty joystick on my display, and I can't seem to get it into the down position for some reason, and even when I flick it to the left or to the right, it does not go to the previous or next item. Thus, I have difficulty reading through apps such as the Play Store and AquaMail, which is the app that I use to read my emails. I tried using Dots 1 chord through Dot 6 chord individually to move forward or backwards one item at a time, but they didn't seem to be consistent. I tried reading the blurb on the Brltty website on Using Brltty for Android, and there doesn't seem to be any specific documentation to clarify this. I would like to suspend TalkBack and use Brltty without having to depend on TalkBack to navigate and read the screen from top to bottom. Perhaps there is something that I am not doing correctly? In the Brltty actions menu, when I go to read the user guide, Brltty crashes, and I get that all too familiar message: "Unfortunately, Brltty has stopped." Running Brltty on an RCA Viking Pro tablet running Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Could anyone on the list please send me a copy of the user guide for Brltty for Android off list? Does Brltty have a list of Braille keyboard shortcuts for navigating?

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide!

Kind regards,

Siena.


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