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FW: Re: Happy New Year with v0.5.2
by Richard Turner Dec. 31, 2025

Dec. 31, 2025

Hi Jean-Philippe, Your previous message went to me only I think, so my message went directly to you. I'm trying to get this one to the list and Harri… The three finger swipes do not work for issuing a command. I can swipe up toward myself in landscape mode and clear text, or up toward the top of the phone which is to my left, and undo what I had done, or swipe down, away from me toward the side button and enter or exit command mode. I did not find a clear explanation in the helps. And, the four finger swipe to get back to the menu also is not working for me. I'm waiting on clarification about what "up" means exactly if holding the phone landscaped with the charging port to the right… . 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: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 9:07 AM To: Richard Turner <richardturner42(a)outlook.com> Subject: Re: [MBraille-Test] Re: Happy New Year with v0.5.2 Hey everyone, have a very happy new year 2026, health love and happiness to all. Richard, dot commands have now been replaced by a three finger swipe up, but they do not seem to work on my phone yet. Tried for yourself, read the help to know about changes from the legacy version. Cheers, JPR http://www.jprykiel.com http://soundcloud.com/ryksounet https://www.youtube.com/c/jprykiel Http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel Le 31 déc. 2025 à 15:32, Richard Turner via MBraille-Test <mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com<mailto:mbraille-test@lists.mpaja.com>> a écrit : 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<mailto:mbraille-test@lists.mpaja.com>> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 4:15 AM To: mbraille-test(a)lists.mpaja.com<mailto:mbraille-test@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<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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Happy New Year with v0.5.2
by Harri Pasanen Dec. 31, 2025

Dec. 31, 2025

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

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v0.5.1, small but important fix
by Harri Pasanen Dec. 31, 2025

Dec. 31, 2025

Hi All, Small but important fix. Hold dot+swipe events were not working properly from touch screen, so functionality like preview text was broken. MBraille Desktop was not affected. Kudos to Daniel for alerting me to that. Also some new iOS testing devices should be available in this build. Only on recently added iPhone 15 Pro Max is still progressing. Best regards, Harri

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MBraille Desktop for Windows download link
by Harri Pasanen Dec. 30, 2025

Dec. 30, 2025

v0.5.0 was just published: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/9PC8Z5M4VNZ1?cid=DevShareMCLPCS MBraille cannot be found by Windows Store search yet, I need to figure out how to make that possible. Best regards, Harri

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MBraille Beta v0.5.0 available
by Harri Pasanen Dec. 30, 2025

Dec. 30, 2025

Hi All, v0.5.0 is now available for all platforms, Android, iOS and Windows. (Well, the windows version is in Microsoft Store Processing, should be available in few hours). Lots of changes, fixes and improvements, including announcement fixes and improvements. First cut at supporting Dutch and Slovenian braille + corresponding translations. Conditional help generation for Android, iOS and Windows, so features not present in the platform are not in the help. New commands: changelog, help Both open the corresponding in text mode in a read only braille buffer that you can read using MBraille preview commands. MBraille text search works there too. Swipe up with 4 fingers to close the text and get back to your text in MBraille. New command: speedtest Allows you to practise typing speed. Fixed some non-English announcements. Fixed encoding of mail, all spaces were replaced by + sign when sending mail with mail or feedback commands. Next I plan to make it friendlier for VoiceOver, which may take a while. I already did one attempt which did not quite work out, but I'm optimistic I'll get there in the end. Many other goodies and features in planning though, so stay tuned for more messages on this channel. Best regards, Harri

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Progress report
by Harri Pasanen Dec. 29, 2025

Dec. 29, 2025

Hi, Busy day, I got lots done, but not a new package. Tomorrow 0.5.0 should arrive for Android, iOS and Windows. Some things to look forward: First cut at supporting Dutch and Slovenian braille + corresponding translations.Many fixes and documentation improvements. Best regards, Harri

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v0.4.12 for iOS available
by Harri Pasanen Dec. 29, 2025

Dec. 29, 2025

Hi, iOS build should finally be installable to registered devices. Note to Charles, Falk and Jean-Philippe, your device status is still processing. Apple introduced this mandatory 24-72 hour cooling off period for new testing devices some time ago. You need to set your device to developer mode to be able to install the test release. This is a new security feature introduce by iOS 16.0, to prevent you from accidentally installing malicious applications. Regarding mailing lists: https://lists.mpaja.com/ Allows you to create and account for mailing lists, which is separate from the mailing list membership. With that account, you can search list archives via a web browser at https://lists.mpaja.com/archives/ Best regards, Harri

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v0.4.11 out, iOS still broken
by Harri Pasanen Dec. 27, 2025

Dec. 27, 2025

Hi, iOS version still fails at startup, I will continue fixing this tomorrow. For Android mail, feedback, sms, call commands have a better chance of working. Best regards, Harri

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iOS beta version requires developer mode enable
by Eileen Misrahi Dec. 27, 2025

Dec. 27, 2025

Hi Harri, Just installedMBraille beta to the iPhone and received an error message that I needed to enable the developer mode in order to use the app. How can this be resolved, so I can begin testing. Thanks. Eileen Sent from my iPhone

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v0.4.10 for iOS available
by Harri Pasanen Dec. 27, 2025

Dec. 27, 2025

Hi, Only change here is an updated adhoc profile that iOS requires. Best regards, Harri

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