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Can self voicing volume be changed?
by Jean-Philippe Rykiel Feb. 15, 2026

Feb. 15, 2026

Hi Harri, My self voicing volume is louder than my voiceover volume. Is it something I can change in my iPhone settings, or does it need another setting in MBraille’s? Cheers, JPR http://www.jprykiel.com http://soundcloud.com/ryksounet https://www.youtube.com/c/jprykiel Http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel

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v0.9.8 Happy Valentines Day!
by Harri Pasanen Feb. 14, 2026

Feb. 14, 2026

Hi, The v0.9.8 is being built as I'm writing this message, you should have a mail from Firebase with the release notes is short order. There are two new testers who will get the new version for the first time on their phones, welcome to Väinö and Ioana! The new bookmark functionality was more work than I expected. My AI workers introduced many subtle bugs that I had to hunt down manually, I'm still not sure if I got them all. I've also been busy writing more regression tests to avoid surprises when new features are introduced. Best regards, Harri

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v0.9.6 fix version out
by Harri Pasanen Feb. 9, 2026

Feb. 9, 2026

Hi everyone, You should soon have a mail from Firebase about the new release to be installed. That mail has changelog entry of fixes done. Version 0.9.5 was a brave new release with some serious issues. My AI helpers had introduced a subtle bug and I had to use my meat brain to hunt it down and fix it. No matter which AI I asked to fix it for me, they all failed. So I guess score 1 for humanity, yay! :-) Known things remaining on my plate: - Settings accessibility is still overly complex. Problem is that when I fixed the accessible navigation, in TalkBack the actual switch toggles stopped working, while VoiceOver was fine. So some more work remains there. - Johanna reported that longer texts do no get fully copied to clipboard when moving away from MBraille. This seems to be a symptom of the same problem as before, affecting newer devices. My venerable 7 year old iPad works, so to reinvestigate. Best regards, Harri

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v0.9.7 with fixes
by Harri Pasanen Feb. 9, 2026

Feb. 9, 2026

Hi everyone, I did not actually test the iOS version myself, only Android, so there is a small chance that the settings will not work any more. A much bigger chance is that settings are now better though. Regarding selection handling, I think my fix might have caused regression in selecting from cursor to beginning of text gesture... that came up red in my regression tests. It can also be a bug in the test itself. Anyway. the fixes are worth it, and I will take a look at the possible regression for the next release. Best regards, Harri

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Links to help in internet
by Harri Pasanen Feb. 8, 2026

Feb. 8, 2026

Hi everyone, I think Richard asked for help to be available for browsing while using the phone. So here you go: https://mpaja.com/mbraille/en/help_en.html And gesture cheat sheet: https://mpaja.com/mbraille/en/gesture-cheatsheet.html Note that the latter mentions bookmark gestures, which is actually something not implemented yet, so subject to change. :-) Best regards, Harri

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MBraille with a braille display
by Thomas Byskov Dalgaard Feb. 8, 2026

Feb. 8, 2026

Hi! Ever since MBraille got released back in 2013 I really saw a potential for using some of the powerful dot-commands from a regular Braille display, or perhaps from a Bluetooth keyboard. For years I never opened message, phone or Safari when I wanted to either send a message, dial phone number or open a website/search for something. All of this was done through mbraille's interface. What I really would want to see is a very simple structure where the user can type in text either from a Braille display or a keyboard into a multiline text field. There should be a Done/OK button and a Cancel button at the top of the screen. This would allow the user to type or paste text into the field, even execute the older dot commands. So I could type a message and end it by: .sms John When the OK button is pressed MBraille should receive the content from the edit field, and performe the command, as if the content was done via MBraille itself. I know we on iOS has apps like Drafts, where actions and shortcuts can be run directly from the app, but I would really use this myself in many different cases: If I want to dial someone, just open MBraille, enter the number via my display and get the call going just via MBraille. If I want to message someone just open MBraille, type the message and send it via the .sms command. Same for opening websites/searching for informations as well. I understand why focus is on Braille from the screen, but there are people who really could benefit of such approach. Harri, do you think this is possible to implement at all? Best regards Thomas Sendt fra min Macbook Pro via Apple mail

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Test mail
by Harri Pasanen Feb. 8, 2026

Feb. 8, 2026

Hi everyone, I changed the list settings so that the reply should go to list by default. This is just to test that. Best regards, Harri

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Re: v0.9.6 fix version out
by Richard Turner Feb. 8, 2026

Feb. 8, 2026

Hi Jean-philippe and all, The list is set up to reply directly to the sender, so in this case, I remembered to paste in the list address instead of your direct one. Harri, can the list be set to reply to the list by default? Jean-philippe, if it was only effecting Command Mode, and it wasn't too difficult for Harri to implement, I could support that. I just know from my years as a Braille instructor, that the contextual use of Braille is rather involved and I'm amazed that any program can handle all the exceptions, and MBraille does an excellent job at this. I couldn't imagine trying to program this, so if it can be done and is made clear it is only in Command Mode, that would work. I suspect though, that it might end up meaning all commands would be uncontracted, but let's hear from Harri on that. Richard, "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." Herman Melville My web site: https://www.turner42.com From: Jean-philippe Rykiel <jprykiel(a)gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, February 8, 2026 7:13 AM To: Richard Turner <richardturner42(a)outlook.com> Subject: Re: [MBraille-Test] Re: v0.9.6 fix version out Hey Richard. 1st of all, I think this list is behaving a bit strangely. You replied to me in private instead of to the whole list, and it happens to me too, I don't know why, so Harri and the other list members didn't see your reply I believe. Okay, let me try to advocate this little request a little more. In fact, I may have expressed myself wrongly. It is the command mode as a whole that doesn't need contractions. So really the idea would be to disable contractions while command mode is on. If this was working the way I think it should, it would just save you one keystroke. The reason I thought of it is because I was trying to execute my fr command, and it never worked until I realised it was expanding as friend. The word friend was not spoken because I didn't insert a space after I typed fr, and I believe words are not spoken when you swipe down in command mode. So I don't know if you're seeing my point, but I think it would make the whole command process simpler, and not more complicated, without you having to think of disabling contractions at all. Tell me, what disadvantage would it have for you if this feature was implemented? Best regards, JPR http://www.jprykiel.com<http://www.jprykiel.com/> https://www.youtube.com/c/jprykiel http://soundcloud.com/ryksounet https://www.youtube.com/c/jprykielhttp://facebook.com/jeanphilipperykiel Le 08/02/2026 à 13:53, Richard Turner a écrit : I would hate that solution. the dot 5,6 solves the issue with no complicated hoops to jump through. Braille is complicated enough in my opinion. Richard "Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it." -- Jane Wagner, from The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. My web site: https://www.turner42.com<https://www.turner42.com/> Sent from my iPhone 16 Pro On Feb 8, 2026, at 1:55 AM, Jean-philippe Rykiel via MBraille-Test <mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com><mailto:mbraille-test@lists.mpaja.com> wrote: Hey Harri. What did you think of my idea which was to disable contractions for the 1st word after common mode has been turned on? Is it doable, and do you think it's a good one? Here is an example in which it would be handy. I set up a new command alias, just as you suggested, fr to expand as lang fr. It works perfectly, except that if contraction is on, fr will expand as friend, in English braille, so I had to backup a few characters to erase the unwanted ones, or I could have pressed dots 56 to disable contractions for this word. Tell me what you think. Cheers, JPR http://www.jprykiel.com<http://www.jprykiel.com/> https://www.youtube.com/c/jprykiel http://soundcloud.com/ryksounet https://www.youtube.com/c/jprykielhttp://facebook.com/jeanphilipperykiel Le 08/02/2026 à 10:03, Harri Pasanen via MBraille-Test a écrit : Hi everyone, You should soon have a mail from Firebase about the new release to be installed. That mail has changelog entry of fixes done. Version 0.9.5 was a brave new release with some serious issues. My AI helpers had introduced a subtle bug and I had to use my meat brain to hunt it down and fix it. No matter which AI I asked to fix it for me, they all failed. So I guess score 1 for humanity, yay! :-) Known things remaining on my plate: * Settings accessibility is still overly complex. Problem is that when I fixed the accessible navigation, in TalkBack the actual switch toggles stopped working, while VoiceOver was fine. So some more work remains there. * Johanna reported that longer texts do no get fully copied to clipboard when moving away from MBraille. This seems to be a symptom of the same problem as before, affecting newer devices. My venerable 7 year old iPad works, so to reinvestigate. Best regards, Harri _______________________________________________ MBraille-Test mailing list -- mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com<mailto:mbraille-test@lists.mpaja.com> To unsubscribe send an email to mbraille-test-leave(a)lists.mpaja.com<mailto:mbraille-test-leave@lists.mpaja.com> _______________________________________________ MBraille-Test mailing list -- mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com<mailto:mbraille-test@lists.mpaja.com> To unsubscribe send an email to mbraille-test-leave(a)lists.mpaja.com<mailto:mbraille-test-leave@lists.mpaja.com>

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And some notes to self
by Harri Pasanen Feb. 7, 2026

Feb. 7, 2026

Me again... Just a heads up regarding two known issues in this build. File Opening: The new file selector appears to work, but the selected file is not actually loaded into the editor. Settings Accessibility: VoiceOver and TalkBack currently treat setting labels and their switches as separate items instead of a single unit, making navigation tedious. This second issue has been there a long time... Anyway, I am working on fixes for both and will have them ready shortly." Best regards, Harri

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Android specific info
by Harri Pasanen Feb. 7, 2026

Feb. 7, 2026

Hi everyone, There is one extra hurdle for testers you may have hit already, but for some reason I only hit it now. I went to settings to enable MBraille Beta in accessibility services, but it was disabled! When I clicked on MBraille Beta in settings under accessibility, I got the message: "Restricted setting, For your security, this setting is currently unavailable." The fix: "Restricted Settings." It is specifically designed to stop "sideloaded" apps—those installed via APK from places like Firebase, a browser, or an email—from accessing powerful permissions like Accessibility Services and Notification Listeners. Android treats these apps as "unverified" because they weren't installed through a recognized app store using the session-based installation API. The good news is that as a developer and tester, you can easily bypass this for your own app, in this case MBraille. **How to Unlock the Restricted Setting** To enable the service, you must manually "allow" the app to use restricted settings in the system menu. Follow these steps: Trigger the Dialog: Go to Settings > Accessibility > Installed Apps and tap on your app. You should see the "Restricted setting" pop-up. Tap OK. (This step is important; Android often won't show the unlock option until you've "seen" the restriction). Go to App Info: Navigate to Settings > Apps > See all apps and find your app in the list. Unlock Restrictions: * On the App Info page, look for the three-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner. Tap it and select "Allow restricted settings." You will likely be asked to verify your identity with your PIN, pattern, or fingerprint. Enable the Service: Now, go back to Settings > Accessibility > Installed Apps. MBraille Beta service should no longer be greyed out. You can now toggle it On. When MBraille is finally in the Play Store, Google should have verified the service and this extra hurdle is no longer there. Best regards, Harri

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