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Suggestion: an interactive tutorial on first use of the app?
by Parham Doustdar Jan. 7, 2026

Jan. 7, 2026

Hi all, I'm new to MBraille, and I read the help, and I am going to continue to type inside MBraille to help the muscle memory develop. However, I was thinking that an interactive tutorial would help newcomers get a grip on the way MBraille works. What I mean by tutorial is something like, "Now swipe up with 3 fingers to switch to command mode", then it explains what it is, then it asks you to put in a couple of commands, etc. What do you all think? Best, Parham Sent from my iPhone

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v0.6.3 ready to test
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 6, 2026

Jan. 6, 2026

Hi all, Improved regression tests. Various small fixes, some with high impact depending on language. Fix to French contracted braille regression. Fix to character announced when backspacing when entering a word. Clipboard should now be populated with the text you've written when you switch to another application. This allows you to compose your text in MBraille and paste the result to any other app, both on Android and iOS. Another fix to TTS rate setting in Android. Fixed cursor preview in MBraille Desktop when entering text. Lang command fixed. If you know multiple languages and wish to type in Braille using another language, swipe up with 3 fingers to enter command mode, and the type lang two-letter-code for language and swipe down. Example: lang it Note that if you are not using VoiceOver but self voicing in the braille keyboard, the voice also changes to native Italian speaker voice. Best regards, Harri

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v0.6.2, Android only
by Harri Pasanen Jan. 4, 2026

Jan. 4, 2026

Hi This one should fix setting the speech rate for Android TTS in MBraille settings. Best regards, Harri

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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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Re: Happy New Year with v0.5.2
by William James Dec. 31, 2025

Dec. 31, 2025

Hi harry, I am like Richard in getting back to the main menu of MBraille with a four finger swipe up. That gesture takes me back to my Home Screen, not the settings as it is suppose to do. I am also not able to use MBraille in the landscape mode on my iPad. It switches to portrait mode, even though I have it locked in landscape mode, which is my preferred way of screen orientation. Follow me on Mastodon: @wiljames@tweesecake.social Sent from Party Animal, my iPad Air M3 > On Dec 31, 2025, at 10:32 AM, Richard Turner via MBraille-Test <mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com> wrote: > > Harri, > First, Happy New Year to you as well. > I'm on 0.52. > > I have never gotten the 4 finger swipe to get back to the menu to work with or without VoiceOver enabled. > I made MBraille self voicing and exit VoiceOver after activating the Braille Editor. > I hold the phone with the power port to the right, so the volume buttons are on top. > In which direction is "up" in that position? > > Using a dropped d dots 2,5,6 as the period before a command like radio doesn't work. The Self-Voicing says 4, when I use the dropped d. I'm in UEB Contracted Braille. > > I write something, hit period mail and nothing happens but a tone like a misspelling. > Any idea what I am doing wrong? > > Thanks, > > Richard, > "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." > > Herman Melville > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com > > > > From: Harri Pasanen via MBraille-Test <mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 4:15 AM > To: mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com > Subject: [MBraille-Test] Happy New Year with v0.5.2 > > Hi all, > > And now for something completely different and new: > > v0.5.2 introduces proof of concept radio command with 5 channels. > > Swipe up with 3 fingers, type > > radio > > and swipe down. It will play at random one of the 5 built in internet radio stations. > You can also do: radio 1 > to directly go to station 1, etc. > > Arguments are > > radio, radio 1-5, radio off, radio pause, or radio resume > radio stop is the same as radio off. > > The radio will keep playing even if you quit MBraille. > It should obey headset buttons for pause and resume... to be tested. > > If this is deemed to work well enough, I will later introduce a list of stations that can be updated from a server, plus filters via genre, language or location. > > Remember: hold 4 and swipe up to do back in command history. > > 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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