April 2026 - MBraille-Test - lists.mpaja.com

where is the dictionary saved?
by Jean-Philippe Rykiel April 14, 2026

April 14, 2026

Hello Harry, I wonder where the dictionary is saved. I'm asking this because I would like to be able to copy the dictionary to the future official "MBraille" version. I'm now synced to Dropbox with "MBraille beta", but the enly file I see is the alias.mb file. How can I transfer my dictionary which I rebuilt from scratch in the beta version? Cheers JPR! (crying) http://www.jprykiel.com http://soundcloud.com/ryksounet https://www.youtube.com/c/jprykiel Http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel

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v0.9.29 paying respects to legacy MBraille
by Harri Pasanen April 13, 2026

April 13, 2026

Hi everybody, v0.9.29 is about to land with further polishing and tuning. I took another look at legacy MBraille input handling, and noticed some differences which could result in perceived lesser accuracy in the new version. This release should have it aligned much closer. Few other fixes as well, and a "hidden" sound customization feature to change the click sound. Best regards, Harri

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Typing accuracy getting worse during a session
by Harri Pasanen April 12, 2026

April 12, 2026

Hi, I think some of you mentioned that the typing accuracy would get worse after a while, where keyboard reset would then help. Does everyone feel this is the case? Those who do, can you quantify it somehow, like after how many words? (MBraille will tell you how many words you have typed if you hold 1 and swipe up with two fingers) Best regards, Harri

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Re: v0.9.28 is there with more polish
by Jean-Philippe Rykiel April 11, 2026

April 11, 2026

Hi Harri. You wrote: I plan to migrate the old alias.mb, user dictionaries to new version automatically without user interaction. I've rebuilt mine from scratch on this new beta version. I'm afraid automatic migration could be a problem for me and maybe others who did the same What to do in this case? Cheers, JPR http://www.jprykiel.com http://soundcloud.com/ryksounet https://www.youtube.com/c/jprykiel Http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel > Le 10 avr. 2026 à 20:27, Harri Pasanen via MBraille-Test <mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com> a écrit : > > Hi, > > There a lot to unpack here, so I'll answer each point inline below > > On Friday, April 10th, 2026 at 12:20 AM, Thomas Byskov Dalgaard via MBraille-Test <mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com> wrote: >> Hi again Harri! >> >> Ok, I may have an odd man out phone here. >> If I enable both clicks and vibration while typing I notice a bigger lag again. As soon as both of these were turned on, I noticed the lag and that my mistakes got worse even though I haven't changed anything. It felt like MBraille didn't catch my gestures and swipes. I know I typed quite fast, but it was not a problem until both of these settings were turned on again. >> >> I wonder if I am trying to push MBraille too much here, but I really enjoy clicks and vibration feedback while typing. >> >> Ok, tried to turn off clicks and only use haptic/vibration feedback while typing: >> No issue. This is strange. >> Went back again and turned clicks on... Now strange things show up: >> * No clicks while typing/ inserting newline. >> * No sound for entering/exiting command mode. >> Oops, what have I broken here? > > Some kind of bug is manifesting here. I'll add it to my list. > > >> The debug setting is still not working for me as expected. VoiceOver will see it as a slider, but nothing changes when I swipe up/down or turn the setting off before trying to change it. > > For me the slider works when using VoiceOver, with a caveat. I need to swipe down or up 10 times before it changes on my iPad. I will fix this. > >> And the settings screen failing on me becomes more and more of an issue while testing MBraille. When VoiceOver gets stuck I can get focus back if I restart VoiceOver, but it really adds up time while trying to focus on testing swipe sensitivity settings or adjusting other settings to test the different parts of MBraille. > > There is an underlying framework bug. I already submitted one bug report upstream, but that was rejected because I did not produce a minimal reproducible test case. I will try to do that. > >> I also notice something that I cannot reproduce consistently, but it feels like VoiceOver sometimes looses focus, when I for example try to go back to the main menu with four finger swipe or the scrub gesture. In some cases self voicing says: Main menu, and VoiceOver waits a little before focus perhaps is at braille editor, but in other cases it will announce: braille keyboard, as if the keyboard area still is in "fake focus" >> Perhaps this gives you ideas to the settings screen as well, where focus gets lost and VoiceOver becomes unusable until I reload the screenreader entirely. > > This may indeed be related to the settings screen bug. > >> Dropbox syncing: >> I saved a document yesterday and each time I open MBraille ever since, it reminds me that this document needs to be synced to Dropbox, but I haven't done anything to that document since I saved it. Is this expected behaviour? > > Not expected, but a known issue. Already in my ToDo list. I think Google Drive and OneDrive are also affected. > >> I know you are getting close to a official release therefor a few questions, that are not important as of now, but will be quite important before an update to App Store or Google Play gets out: >> * How will alias.mb be merged from MBraille legacy? Mine got way too big, but I can fix it by copy-paste if nothing else can be done, but I know quite a few users who cannot do this without assistance. >> * How will old MBraille settings be merged? >> * Can you share some informations about how users can get in touch? Before you used a regular mailling list. Is this still a plan? >> * If users used MBraille legacy with Dropbox, will their files be merged to the new MBraille directory, or will you provide some steps instead? >> * Can you share some thoughts of the price for MBraille? >> > > I'm transitioning to a subscription model: €2/month or €20/year (yearly saves €4) with 1 month free trial. Existing users who purchased the app are grandfathered with lifetime access. > > So on iOS MBraille 26 will be just an upgrade for existing users, restore purchases will make it work. I plan to migrate the old alias.mb, user dictionaries to new version automatically without user interaction. > > There already is a new mailing list available, with currently 0 subscribers: > https://lists.mpaja.com/mailman3/lists/mbraille.lists.mpaja.com/ > > I will also do a proper website and contact form there. > > Best regards, > Harri > _______________________________________________ > MBraille-Test mailing list -- mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com > To unsubscribe send an email to mbraille-test-leave(a)lists.mpaja.com

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v0.9.28 is there with more polish
by Harri Pasanen April 11, 2026

April 11, 2026

Hi, Based on important feedback and my own observations, a fair bit of changes to polish the user experience. Keep the feedback coming, getting close to public release now. Best regards, Harri

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Old mBraille still more accurate and question about swipe sensitivitysetting
by Ioana Gandrabur April 10, 2026

April 10, 2026

Hello, I just tried using the old mBraille and feel like, although this is now more accurate than before, the old one was registering my taps more precisely, less often confusing them with swipes. How would the swipe sensitivity work for this? I'm still not sure how adjusting this setting is translating when typing. Thanks, Ioana Sent from my iPhone Privacy Disclaimer - Français à suivre This e-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, proprietary, and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copy of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and erase this e-mail message immediately. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Déclaration de confidentialité Le présent courrier électronique (y compris les pièces qui y sont annexées, le cas échéant) s'adresse au destinataire indiqué et peut contenir des renseignements de caractère privé ou confidentiel. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire de ce document, nous vous signalons qu'il est strictement interdit de le diffuser, de le distribuer ou de le reproduire. Si ce message vous a été transmis par erreur, veuillez en informer l'expéditeur et le supprimer immédiatement.

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v0.9.27 Lag, begone 2
by Harri Pasanen April 9, 2026

April 9, 2026

Hi there, This version feels snappy to me, but if you feel it still is dragging its feet, please enable telemetry in the settings. Then I will hopefully get timing data (not what you are writing). Best regards, Harri

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Progress report
by Harri Pasanen April 7, 2026

April 7, 2026

Hi everybody, Thanks for the prompt feedback from you for the last round. I did not quite manage to make a new test version yet. Good news is that it feels snappier to me already, just sorting out telemetry settings for further debugging. Hopefully tomorrow I can do a new test release. Best regards, Harri

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v0.9.26 Lag, begone!
by Harri Pasanen April 7, 2026

April 7, 2026

Hi everybody, This is a quick release just to address the observed lag. I'm not sure it is the full cure, do let me know. Best regards, Harri

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v0.9.25 is out
by Harri Pasanen April 7, 2026

April 7, 2026

Hi everybody, This release got a fair bit of changes and polishing. It should address most if not all feedback i've gotten. Probably some of the fixes do not fully work, or some new kinks surfaced. The audio setup was overhauled, best results are expected using self voicing. it uses audio ducking without interrupting background audio. If you notice unbearable lag or other issues, I will do an instrumented release that records the events for me to play back. That said, this should be a net positive release, and i'm starting to prepare for a public release. If you notice any show-stoppers, or even smaller bugs, do let me know. On my todo there is mainly double checking cloud sync and storage working. Best regards, Harri

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