[BRLTTY] Using Brltty for Android without TalkBack

[Trish Fraser]

Hi Siena,

From memory, you need to have both BrailleBack and TalkBack running,
and turn the voice off in TalkBack if you need to. There's a lot of
info (including contact info for Harpo or your dealer) at
braillepen.com.

Hope this helps!



> Hi Brian,
> 
> The Braille Display I have is a BraillePen 12 Touch. It doesn't have
> USB support, and can only be connected via Bluetooth. On the Android
> app, there doesn't seem to be any drivers for that particular
> display, but Brltty auto-detects the BraillePen when it's paired via
> Bluetooth to my tablet.
> 
> Will try to google the commands and see what I can find.
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> 
> On June 2, 2018 8:36:18 PM Brian Tew <montanalag at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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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