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 <cah4...@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.dalto...@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.hinde...@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. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > >> To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc > >> For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc > > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc > > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty -- Sebastien Massy Montreal, Canada Website: http://www.wolfdream.ca Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SMassy1 LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/sebastien-massy/47/5a5/81a Google+: https://plus.google.com/113474861330993124986/posts _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
