Episode 45: Braille on Android

This week, it is all about braille on Android with Talkback.

This episode is presented by:

Ed Green, Warren Carr, Austin Pinto, Mariam Mohsen and ana Gaza

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Android basics

Our next app category is braille apps. We discuss apps that you need to use a braille display with Android - Google BrailleBack and BRLTTY. We also discuss and demonstrate some of the braille keyboards available on Android – the Talkback Braille Keyboard and Advanced Braille Keyboard.

Spotlight

This week, we are delighted to be joined by Nimish and Suryanshu, the developers of Eyecan, an virtual assistance app for the blind which offers navigation, OCR and other features.

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Talkback Highlights

Warren continues his series taking us through highlights from Talkback and shows us how to manage custom labels.

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