To set up your Android device, follow the
instructions found on the Google™ Android Accessibility Help webpage.
Input and Output Text With BrailleBack
To input text with your braille keyboard, first enable the keyboard in your
Android settings under Language and Input. If you try to use the keyboard
before completing this step, you receive a prompt to change your settings.
To edit a text field, focus and activate the text field. You can then use the Up
and Down Arrow keys to move in the text field. When editing text,
BrailleBack switches to 8-dot braille known as Computer Braille. (See
Cells
section for more information.) Currently, BrailleBack does not support
any other braille as input.
By default, Android is set to display English Computer Braille.
To set BrailleBack to display English (UEB) - grade 2 braille, follow the steps
below:
1. Press H to open the Home screen.
2. Arrow to, and select
Apps>Settings>Accessibility>BrailleBack>Settings.
3. Arrow through this screen of items to "Braille type" and select.
Android generates a dialog screen which indicates the type of
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braille being displayed and provides two choices: Literary braille
or Computer Braille.
Computer Braille is checked by default.
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4. Arrow to "Literary braille" and select to check this item.
When you check "Literary braille," you are returned to the
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BrailleBack Settings screen.
5. Arrow to "Literary braille table" and select.
Another dialog screen opens with a selection of output
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translation tables.
6. Select English (UEB) - grade 2.
You are returned to the BrailleBack Settings screen.
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Install and enable BrailleBack
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