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Wonderful program, how can I try it on android and PC?
by IvanNNN A Jan. 10, 2026

Jan. 10, 2026

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

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Re: New Android version available
by Peter Vágner Jan. 10, 2026

Jan. 10, 2026

Hello Harri, I have took the latest beta for a spin right now and I am sure slovak braille may not be fully up to date. Here is what I am seeing and I wish to be improved for the future. While typing I can type some of the diacritic characters and punctuation symbols such as dots 16 for á (a with acute), dots 2346 for ž (z with caron), dots 236 for ( (left paren), dots 356 for ) (right paren) and more. However when using 4 finger swipe left as backspace key a different symbols are spoken. For example when deleting letter ž I am getting "exclaim" spoken. While deleting letter á I am getting "asterisk" spoken. In slovak we have just single grade. Also the issue I have mentioned previously that I am unable to type in numbers using numeric prefix 3456 this is working fine after all but I see it a little bit missleading. As soon as I type in 3456 I will get hash spoken. Then when continuing typing in I am getting a, b, c, d and similar spoken but numbers are written into the buffer correctly. Now after reading the help I can understand the workflow with numbers is somewhat expected as when pressing the space or the enter key the input is processed for contractions. However I don't yet understand why something else is being spoken when using the backspace key. I can understand that 16 for asterisk, 2346 for exclaim, 236 for number 8 are used for some braille codes but not for slovak, so I'd like to better understand this and come up with a natural workflow. As I have mentioned previously now we have introduced and standardized a way to type much more symbols by using dot 5,46 and dot 5,4 prefixes with the Braille Authority of Slovakia. For example to type in the $ (dollar sign) we can do dot 5, followed by dot 4 followed by dots 234. To type in # (hash sign) we can press dot 5, then dots 46, then dots 3456. Would there be a way to get mbraille understand these new additional braille codes for slovak please? Since liblouis 3.22 these are implemented for liblouis and since liblouis 3.36 there are some latest corrections and additions available. Also the Braille Authority of Slovakia have published papers standardizing these slovak braille code features and if doable I'd like to make MBraille capable of handling it all. I am technical contact for the liblouis related work here in slovakia, so if you think my input might be usefull toward improving MBraille as well, I'm happy to remain available for the cooperation and discussions. Huge thanks for working on it. Greetings Peter Dňa 16. 12. 2025 o 20:57 Harri Pasanen napísal(a): > Hi Petr, > > Thanks for the positive feedback. Regarding braille tables, liblouis > is used for some, but not all languages. Might be that Slovak is not > yet using liblouis. I'll check and will make a try with the Slovak > tables. > > Yes, I used AI for the first cut of the translations, but it may well > need some curation. I will provide you the translation files to look at. > > > Best regards, > Harri > > On Tuesday, 16 December 2025 at 09:37, Peter Vágner > <pvdeejay(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> On my phone the app is working fine. >> I haven't tested it with talkback yet but the self voicing mode is >> working great. >> It's important to know that for me it's easier to calibrate the >> keyboard by placing each finger on the screen individually rather >> than placing all 6 fingers at once. >> Gesture system is similar to what I was used to with the previous >> version. >> Is this eventually also going to work as a system wide keyboard on >> android in the future? >> >> Can you kindly remind us how language translations of the app are >> handled now? I suspect the AI is used for generating translations. >> Will you accept translation work from volunteers the way it used to >> work in the past? >> >> Also what about braille tables? Is liblouis used internally or are >> these custom tables? >> >> With slovak braille table multi cell symbols don't appear to work for >> me. For example when pressing dots 3456 the # symbol is typed instead >> of switching into number mode. Dot 5 is also used as a prefix, dots >> 45 and dots 56 too. >> If liblouis is used internally the proper braille table for slovak is >> sk-g1.ctb. If there are custom braille tables in use similar how it >> used to work in the past, then I think I need to contribute changes >> as the braille has been formalized in slovakia since last stable >> version and there are some minor changes. >> >> Huge thanks for the updates >> >> Greetings >> >> Peter >> >> >> Dňa 15. 12. 2025 o 22:05 Harri Pasanen via MBraille-Test napísal(a): >>> Hi, >>> >>> To join Android testers, the following link should work >>> >>> https://appdistribution.firebase.dev/i/3d179fa6bb49f4b9 >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Harri >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MBraille-Test mailing list --mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com >>> To unsubscribe send an email tombraille-test-leave(a)lists.mpaja.com >> >

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Next release news
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 9, 2026

Jan. 9, 2026

Hi all, Thanks for the confirmation that the basics now seem to work reasonably well. Don't hesitate to drop me mail or ask in the list if you miss something or something is off. I'm not going to do a release today, not sure about tomorrow yet either. But the next release will be a bigger one, finally bringing some features that legacy MBraille does not have, like Google Drive support for documents, plus other goodies as well. Fingers crossed all goes well. Best regards, Harri

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v0.6.6 available
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 8, 2026

Jan. 8, 2026

Hi all, # Version 0.6.6 The copy to clipboard when exiting MBraille should finally work for all devices, to be confirmed. The issue was happening with newish iPhones with lots of memory. Older iPhones and Android devices worked. Tweaked TTS language selection screen, now shows which language is selected and also the selected voice and dialect if any. Fix for accepting a spelling correction, to be validated. UEB/en-us braille toggle should work and feedback should tell which is chosen. Best regards, Harri

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Pasting Text Into 3rd Party Apps
by Eileen Misrahi Jan. 8, 2026

Jan. 8, 2026

Hi Harri & All, Just want to confirm that I am able to compose text in MBraille, exit the app and paste the text in a 3rd party app. HTH. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone

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v0.6.5 debug release
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 8, 2026

Jan. 8, 2026

Hi, This is mainly a debug build, adds logs that feedback command sends to me. This tries to corner the bug where text is not being copied to clipboard when exiting MBraille. Fixed a bug: Don't add newline during keyboard init. So if you have the copy to clipboard now working when exiting mbraille, could you use the feedback command, so I will get the logs around that functionality. Brooke, please use this release also to send feedback on the ueb vs. en-us issue. Best regards, Harri

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v0.6.4 is out
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 8, 2026

Jan. 8, 2026

Hi all, Another day, another version, for both Android and iOS. Added some new iOS testers. Changed a bit the announcement during keyboard initialization. UEB braille was setting was not being obeyed, causing really to be written as reY if using en-US braille, as it was always defaulting to UEB. dial/call/tel command (synonyms, all work) was only looking for a contact name, but did not work if you just provided a phone number. Another attempt at fixing the automatic copy of mbraille text to clipboard when moving to another app. I was not able to reproduce the issue myself, but perhaps it was a build issue with the package. Translations for French and Spanish help refreshed. Tweaked a bit how entering Danish contracted braille is announced before expansion. Next in my to do: - fixing spelling check + correction - translating dot commands Best regards, Harri

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No release today, just behind the scenes progress
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 8, 2026

Jan. 8, 2026

Hi all, I've been working on translation tooling in the background, and doing some research for possible future features, so did not have time to make another release. I have some bugs to sort out and new features in the queue, but I will try to cut a new release at some point before tackling the bigger development tasks. Best regards, Harri

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Love the radio feature!
by Brooke Jan. 8, 2026

Jan. 8, 2026

I just tried it, it's fun!!! Thanks for incorporating that, Harri! Sent from my iPhone

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MBraille keyboard not usable on iOS?
by Parham Doustdar Jan. 7, 2026

Jan. 7, 2026

Hi, I'm noticing that on iOS, I can't type properly. When I type where I think I should, I get different letters. For example, when I try dots 1-2-3-4, I get an "e". When I go to the keyboard, VoiceOver announces that I should turn on direct touch, but it seems unnecessary because the roter gestures don't work? I also tried turning off VoiceOver, but I don't get any self-voicing feedback as the documentation says I should. Thanks, Parham Sent from my iPhone

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