January 2026 - MBraille-Test

v0.6.1 beta release
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 4, 2026

Jan. 4, 2026

Hi all, A Sunday release. Fixes: Danish grade 2 support finally working with Liblouis. Todo: check grade 1 as well. Fixed go to beginning, go to end, selection gestures. Less strict lookup of phone number for calls, text messages and whatsapp, tested all of those with Android and seems to work. Announcement fixes, especially useful for Android users. If TalkBack is running and it cannot turn of direct touch, ask the user to do it. Also announce when leaving braille kb for external app in a command, so the user can turn the TalkBack back on. Maria, Keith, Will, your devices are in Apple processing which will typically take 24-72 hours, after which you can also install the following test build. Best regards, Harri

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Some questions to get the beta app.
by IvanNNN A Jan. 4, 2026

Jan. 4, 2026

Hi happy new year. I have registered my Iphone but still I cannot figure out what to do to get and test the app, can it also be tested in Pc aswell? Would you please let me test it in android and in any other system? Best regards.

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v0.6.0 out, important release for iOS
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 3, 2026

Jan. 3, 2026

Hi All, Change-log: Important usability fixes. Adjusted a bit the tolerance on entering dots, previous was perhaps a bit too strict, rejecting dots if a finger drifted. For iOS VoiceOver should now be usable also when typing Braille. Curated the self-voicing voices for iOS a bit more, keeping the Enhanced voices if available. Restructure the Settings screen to be friendlier for screen readers. Translation fixes. Best regards, Harri

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No new test releases for today
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 2, 2026

Jan. 2, 2026

Hi All, I'm deep in a rabbit hole debugging VoiceOver related functionality. Let's see what tomorrow brings. Best regards, Harri

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accessing the beta
by Keith Rempel Jan. 2, 2026

Jan. 2, 2026

Hello, I would love to give this new MBraille a try and offer feedback. Please let me know how I can access it. Unfortunately English is my only language, so I can not offer translation help. Keith

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v0.5.3 available for testing
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 1, 2026

Jan. 1, 2026

Hi all, Some English help cleanup. Translations to other languages are not fully up to date. Sorted out the up/down orientation question, now letting you define what is up and what is down when initializing the keyboard: Keyboard initialization now asks you to finish with swipe down for newline. That determines the direction of down in the layout. I recommend you to redefine the layout anyway, swipe right with 4 fingers to reinitialize the layout. Other things: Some gesture changes: Flick up with two fingers to have MBraille repeat the last thing spoken. Flick up while holding dot 3 to hear number of characters and words in the text. Flick down with two fingers not mapped to anything for now. Added a compatibility gesture with Apple, instead of 4 finger swipe up, you can also do the two finger scrub, like drawing letter Z with two fingers for the same effect. This goes back, either to main menu from braille editor, or closes a read-only file. Fixed a regression with hold 6 + swipe up/down to toggle contractions not working. Curated the list of voices for iOS for self-voicing. It used to contain all voices, something like 30 Voices for American English only, and the most of the voices in the list were just audio effect voices, most extreme being Bubbles, which did not speak any words at all, but instead of sounds like blowing bubbles in water. Other things to check: Does copy to system clipboard works when app suspended? Best regards, Harri

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