Google BrailleBack was a tools app developed by Google LLC. It was removed from Google Play Aug 17, 2022 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Google BrailleBack had been downloaded 220 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Google BrailleBack was rated 4.08 out of 5 stars, based on 3 thousand ratings.
App Information
Google BrailleBack was free to download. The APK download size was 3.97 MB. The last available version was 0.97.0.313699921. The last update was on May 28, 2020.
Technical Requirements
Google BrailleBack required Android 4.1+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play August 2012.
Description
BrailleBack is an Accessibility Service that helps blind users make use of braille devices. It works together with the TalkBack app to give a combined braille and speech experience. This app lets you connect a supported refreshable braille display to your device via Bluetooth. Screen content will be presented on the braille display and you can navigate and interact with your device using the keys on the display. It is possible to input text using the braille keyboard.
This app is not active by default. Steps to activate this app: • Go to Settings • Select Accessibility • Select BrailleBack, and turn on the switch • Go back to Settings • Select Bluetooth • If your Bluetooth braille display is not paired, make sure that the display is in pairing mode, and pair your display via Bluetooth Settings For further instructions, press the space bar and dots 1, 2 and 3 on the display at the same time. If your display doesn't have braille input keys, choose Keyboard help in BrailleBack settings.
Recent changes: • Use grade 2 mode for Braille tables that support it.
• Switch between grade 1 and grade 2 input with shortcut space + g.
• Turn word wrapping on or off.
• Support for VarioUltra Braille display, Orbit Reader 20 low-cost Braille display.
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★★★★★
This app is fantastic. I use it all the time. However, there are a few issues: * Translator sometimes mistranslates words (I.E. canopy instead of copy) And I don’t catch the error until I’ve sent a very poorly written message. Please fix back translation. * PLEASE PLEASE add support for the APH Chameleon 20 and Mantis displays. * Please add support for auto advancing pages when the user has reached the bottom of a page. Other than that, keep up the great work!
★★★★★
#a11y: I know not all users have a braille display and not all blind people use braille. But it sometimes is a hassle to use brailleback. So, I would include this into android accessibility suite, so that it is easier to activate/use a braille display. Thanks in advance for considering.
★★★★★
I want to learn how to read Braille
★★★★★
Google tools muy bueno
★★☆☆☆
The app hasn’t been updated in a long while, and doesn’t support the latest braille displays. There's still no way to automatically turn pages in book-reading apps like Kindle.
★★☆☆☆
This app has no support for any modern displays and has not been updated in over a year. Furthermore, it's still supports the same displays it supported 7 years ago with virtually zero changes. This app needs to be updated in order to support Modern Display such as the aph chameleon 20
★★☆☆☆
Other than typing, braille input leaves much to be desired. For example, web nav commands. Headings, links, and form controls are under 1 command, C-chord. This makes web nav much more work than necessary. TB integration is minimul, no way to access context menues, silence TB so it reads forever, or change speech rate, no way to adjust seakbars because there are no volume commands. In short, you have more control with a Bluetooth keyboard. No other mainstream OS has such a primitive interface.
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