Oskar

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Oskar
1 month ago

📢 We had the honour of presenting our mobile Braille keyboard – Metabraille to the European Blind Union (EBU) in the first edition of #a11yTechies.
The new series presents inclusive innovations in more detail. youtu.be/GA7kCZowkks #make #blind #inclusion

Episode 1: the Metabraille keyboard, with Johannes Střelka-Petz.

EBU is delighted to launch its #a11yTechies series with an interesting chat with Johannes Střelka-Petz, from Vienna. Through close collaboration with people ...

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Kevin R Jones

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@Piciok I think it is important to present, that if a braille keyboard pairs to a device as a bluetooth keyboard, and then the user changes the layout of hardware keyboards on that device to say Dvorak, the braille keyboard will no longer match the braille key codes to the correct letters. (1/2)

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Kevin R Jones

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It is important, that braille keyboards are allowed to optionally pair to a device as a braille display through the screen reader, so that the braille remains accurate even if the hardware keyboard layout is changed. (2/2)

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Oskar

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@kevinrj do you have a link to sources of such an implementation or technical specifications for us to follow?

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Episode 1: the Metabraille keyboard, with Johannes Střelka-Petz.

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