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1. Devin Prater (devinprater@tweesecake.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Mar-2023 09:23:53 JST Devin Prater

   I’d forgotten how nice using Android can be. A good, accurate onscreen braille keyboard that actually allows you to use all six Braille dots at once, so responsive it feels like I’m using a computer, ugh yes. Oh and Samsung TTS. It's really. nice, although I’ve heard that Google TTS on Pixels have gotten very good too. USB C, works with standards not against them, 5G before my iPhone SE, Dolby Atmos, which, before it came to iPhones, one of the big Apple fans on Youtube said couldn't be done because of physics, with a "dude it's science," kind of laugh. Yet, now Apple is like "the future of audio isn’t high quality, it's spatial audio." I mean, Android of course isn’t perfect. TalkBack has maybe a few more years to go before it has all the features of VoiceOver. But my goodness, when I get tired of bugs and focus issues and Braille issues and a sluggish CPU or unoptimized software, I can turn on Android and just zoom around the interface.

   #accessibility #android #apple #blind

   • Sojourn :coffefiedyellow: (shipp@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Monday, 13-Mar-2023 09:23:50 JST Sojourn :coffefiedyellow:

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     @devinprater maybe this is a dumb question, but what's the point of a braille on screen keyboard? isn't the point of braille that it's physically tactile to read with your fingers, how does that work on a flat display

     Adrian Cochrane repeated this.
   • Wenwei (wenwizzle@tweesecake.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Mar-2023 09:24:12 JST Wenwei

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     • Sojourn :coffefiedyellow:

     @shipp @devinprater @shipp @devinprater The point of a Braille on-screen keyboard is so you can input text as you would on a standard Braille keyboard. For instance, instead of using the on-screen querty keyboard, those who prefer to type in Braille can hold their phones with the screen facing away from them or lie it flat to treat the flat touch screen as you would a tactile keyboard. It can be a bit finicky at times for various reasons, the most legible of which is that the positions of the dots often need to be recalibrated for precise Braille input.