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v0.8.0 is out, vacation time
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 16, 2026

Jan. 16, 2026

Hi, # Version 0.8.0 Lots of new things and some fixes. New: * spotify and youtube commands These work like google, so support search. Try: swipe up with 3 fingers, type "youtube abba" and swipe down. Spotify is exactly the same. * Cloud sync on .txt, .md and alias.mb Pick your poison, Google Drive, DropBox and OneDrive available. OneDrive sync may be still flaky, to double check. Fixes: * in liblouis words involving v or y were misbehaving. So at least French and Danish were affected, probably others as well. Thanks to Jean-Philippe for noticing. * some announcements improved Todo, first few items from my list: * Self voicing TTS currently cannot be interrupted, especially a problem on Android. * Add announcement of current file name. * Warn of not saved file. * Entering numbers when in contracted French needs work, liblouis does not seem to handle it. * add support for iCloud sync Other things: I've tested mostly on Android, but the majority of people on this list are iOS users. So let me know if the cloud sync or other things have issues. I'll be on vacation and travelling for a week, and will not be making new test versions until I'm back. I will however occasionally check my email, so keep the feedback coming. Best regards, Harri

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Progress report
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 14, 2026

Jan. 14, 2026

Hi, Just a quick note on progress: Google Drive sync already works in my very limited testing. Now I'm ironing out kinks from the Dropbox support. Tomorrow I have kind of a busy day, not sure how much time I will have to develop. But in a couple of days you should have cloud capable MBraille in your hands. Best regards, Harri

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Random thoughts
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 12, 2026

Jan. 12, 2026

Hi all, I was thinking of one handed braille mode. I hope to eventually bring that capability as well, as it should be pretty straight forward. But while thinking of limited input capabilities, I wondered if Morse code keyboard is used by any blind users? Apparently Google's GBoard has a Morse code mode which works with TalkBack and VoiceOver. Just curious. Best regards, Harri

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Google Drive users, show of hands
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 12, 2026

Jan. 12, 2026

Hi, If you don't user Google Drive, you can stop reading. In order for me to enable Google Drive access to you, I need the email address you use Google Drive with. There is also a restriction that one needs to sign in every 7 days to keep the Drive sync alive. Feel free to send me your google account email privately. If you email already ends with gmail.com, I assume that works and you don't need to do anything. Best regards, Harri

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Re: v0.7.0 is ready for testing
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 12, 2026

Jan. 12, 2026

Hi, It is lang ueb for UEB braille. But contractions are not involved, you manage those once in the language, hold 6 and swipe up to toggle. Alias command is still not available other than via editing alias.mb file. I have a todo item regarding it. Best regards, Harri On Monday, January 12th, 2026 at 12:19 AM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel <jprykiel(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Harry and all. > The lang command now works, but I am not shure about the sintax. Lang fr switches to French, but lang ebu says ebu not supported, but does switch to English contractions. > Is any one lucky with the alias command? I can't get it to work. That's entering command mode and typing alias. Is this right? > Cheers, > JPR > > http://www.jprykiel.com > > http://soundcloud.com/ryksounet > https://www.youtube.com/c/jprykiel > Http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel > >> Le 11 janv. 2026 à 20:58, Harri Pasanen via MBraille-Test <mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com> a écrit : > >> >> Hi all, >> >> Another release has arrived. The cloud document support is still under work, but other important fixes are now live. >> >> # Version 0.7.0 >> >> * Changed Slovak Braille to use latest liblouis tables. >> * Updated liblouis tables for other languages as well. >> >> Other fixes: >> >> * Fixed some issues when announcing accented characters when backspacing before expansion. Expansion happens when you swipe for space or newline. >> * some command history handling cleanup. >> >> Command History Reminder: Hold dot 4 and swipe up or down to browse and re-execute previous commands. >> >> * Improved self voicing voice selection. >> * lang command fixed and finetuned, uses previous improvement. >> >> Example: >> >> On iOS, if your phone langue is English, MBraille will use VoiceOver for speaking by default. >> If you change your language to French with command "lang fr", MBraille will use self voicing, TTS French voice. >> By default it picks the first French voice if finds, but you can go to settings and pick a different French voice if you wish, and that choice sticks. >> >> If you switch back to English, it will revert to using VoiceOver. >> >> * Commands are now translated, at least partly. You can always use the English form, or the translated form. >> Note that if you don't have this email handy and wonder what has changed in MBraille lately, you can issue the changelog command. Swipe up with 3 fingers and type changelog, or "registro de cambios" if your phone is in Spanish, or ændringslog in Danish. :) >> >> 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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Using WhatsApp in this version
by Eileen Misrahi Jan. 12, 2026

Jan. 12, 2026

Hi Harry, and all, I compose my message and then swipe three fingers up to activate the command mode. When inserting WhatsApp and the phone number, the #.3456 Did Not Pl. the correct numbers into the WhatsApp line. I also tried the number hatch sign which is.456–.1456 and again the numbers were not placed as numbers they were recorded or broiled as letters. Also, when brailing the numbers, I needed to use computer brow to insert the numbers. Eventually Eventually, I just use WhatsApp and. Sw Swipe down to open it up. WhatsApp listed the most recent chats and one is able to select one or more that they want to send a message to. The message is sent after one taps on the forward button after the message. I hope this helps others in using WhatsApp with capital MBRAILLE. Best, Ilene Sent from my iPhone

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Re: áMB-raille-Testú v0.g.j is ready for testing
by María García Garmendia Jan. 11, 2026

Jan. 11, 2026

Hi Harri, I read that ôou mpdated Liblouis tables, between them, do you have added the Portuguese Six dots computer Braille?, otherwise, could you add it?. Many thanks in advance. María :::::: mensaje original ::::: de: Harri Pasanen via MBraille-Test <mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com> fecha: 01/11/2026 09:58 p. m. para: MBraille Test <mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com> asunto: [MBraille-Test] v0.7.0 is ready for testing Hi all, Another release has arrived. The cloud document support is still under work, but other important fixes are now live. # Version 0.7.0 * Changed Slovak Braille to use latest liblouis tables. * Updated liblouis tables for other languages as well. Other fixes: * Fixed some issues when announcing accented characters when backspacing before expansion. Expansion happens when you swipe for space or newline. * some command history handling cleanup. Command History Reminder: Hold dot 4 and swipe up or down to browse and re-execute previous commands. * Improved self voicing voice selection. * lang command fixed and finetuned, uses previous improvement. Example: On iOS, if your phone langue is English, MBraille will use VoiceOver for speaking by default. If you change your language to French with command "lang fr", MBraille will use self voicing, TTS French voice. By default it picks the first French voice if finds, but you can go to settings and pick a different French voice if you wish, and that choice sticks. If you switch back to English, it will revert to using VoiceOver. * Commands are now translated, at least partly. You can always use the English form, or the translated form. Note that if you don't have this email handy and wonder what has changed in MBraille lately, you can issue the changelog command. Swipe up with 3 fingers and type changelog, or "registro de cambios" if your phone is in Spanish, or ændringslog in Danish. :) Best regards, Harri

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Mbrille in Ios
by María García Garmendia Jan. 11, 2026

Jan. 11, 2026

Hi Harri and all, but, then, if we would like to use M-braille to write a text in WhatsApp or email fird or in any app, what covd we do it?. Will you create a way to write in apps field as Braille imput just with a command or something like that?. On the other hand, I oppened the app, but it appears only Ueb table with English voice, what could I do to have the spanish table?, is there any gesture to change between different tables, and to choose some tables at favourites?. Many thanks again. María. :::::: mensaje original ::::: de: IvanNNN A via MBraille-Test <mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com> fecha: 01/10/2026 02:04 p. m. para: mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com asunto: [MBraille-Test] Wonderful program, how can I try it on android and PC? Hi, I finally got it up and running on IOS, I wonder what to do to get in PC and Android. Thanks, best regards. Enviado desde mi iPhone _______________________________________________ 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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v0.7.0 is ready for testing
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 11, 2026

Jan. 11, 2026

Hi all, Another release has arrived. The cloud document support is still under work, but other important fixes are now live. # Version 0.7.0 * Changed Slovak Braille to use latest liblouis tables. * Updated liblouis tables for other languages as well. Other fixes: * Fixed some issues when announcing accented characters when backspacing before expansion. Expansion happens when you swipe for space or newline. * some command history handling cleanup. Command History Reminder: Hold dot 4 and swipe up or down to browse and re-execute previous commands. * Improved self voicing voice selection. * lang command fixed and finetuned, uses previous improvement. Example: On iOS, if your phone langue is English, MBraille will use VoiceOver for speaking by default. If you change your language to French with command "lang fr", MBraille will use self voicing, TTS French voice. By default it picks the first French voice if finds, but you can go to settings and pick a different French voice if you wish, and that choice sticks. If you switch back to English, it will revert to using VoiceOver. * Commands are now translated, at least partly. You can always use the English form, or the translated form. Note that if you don't have this email handy and wonder what has changed in MBraille lately, you can issue the changelog command. Swipe up with 3 fingers and type changelog, or "registro de cambios" if your phone is in Spanish, or ændringslog in Danish. :) Best regards, Harri

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MBraille Beta on Android
by rhonda Jan. 11, 2026

Jan. 11, 2026

Hi Harri, I am having difficulty accessing the MBraille Beta on my Pixel 8. I have installed the test app and downloaded the betas you sent out. However, I can’t find the MBraille app on my phone. Any assistance is appreciated. Thank you, Rhonda Mencey

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