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Google BrailleBack 0.97.0.313699921

4 MB / 100K+ Downloads / Rating 4.3 - 2,373 reviews


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Google BrailleBack, developed and published by Google LLC, has released its latest version, 0.97.0.313699921, on 2020-07-14. This app falls under the Tools category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 100000 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 4.3, based on 2.373 reviews.

Google BrailleBack APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 4.1+). It can also be installed on PC and Mac using an Android emulator such as Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and others.

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App Details

Package name: com.googlecode.eyesfree.brailleback

Updated: 5 years ago

Developer Name: Google LLC

Category: Tools

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Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing Google BrailleBack on PC Windows and Mac.

Using BlueStacks

  1. Download the APK/XAPK file from this page.
  2. Install BlueStacks by visiting http://bluestacks.com.
  3. Open the APK/XAPK file by double-clicking it. This action will launch BlueStacks and begin the application's installation. If the APK file does not automatically open with BlueStacks, right-click on it and select 'Open with...', then navigate to BlueStacks. Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the APK file onto the BlueStacks home screen.
  4. Wait a few seconds for the installation to complete. Once done, the installed app will appear on the BlueStacks home screen. Click its icon to start using the application.

Using LDPlayer

  1. Download and install LDPlayer from https://www.ldplayer.net.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file directly into LDPlayer.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

App Rating

4.3
Total 2,373 reviews

Reviews

1 ★, on 2020-09-12
Other than typing, braille input leaves much to be desired. For example, web nav commands. Headings, links, and form controls are under 1 command, C-chord. This makes web nav much more work than necessary. TB integration is minimul, no way to access context menues, silence TB so it reads forever, or change speech rate, no way to adjust seakbars because there are no volume commands. In short, you have more control with a Bluetooth keyboard. No other mainstream OS has such a primitive interface.

4 ★, on 2020-09-17
This is the best braille keyboard, I’ve ever used. It's very handy and useful to blind people like me.

2 ★, on 2020-09-17
Which the to the kitchen to if so in Ed in Ed the Hindi track final fearful thin though to see as just as first.

3 ★, on 2018-10-17
I am not having the stability issues others reported, and I get along with this somewhat better than I do with brltty. Still, this app deserves to be much much farther along in a development cycle then it is considering that it has been around for 5 years. Full robust navigation features, integration into accessibility sweet, gboard, and other Google products, and complete Modern Hardware support are expected, but not delivered. Considering that this app has over 100,000 downloads, it is time for it to step up and become a full Braille solution for Android. as of this release, Braille users remain second-class citizens, and that's not where we want to be.

1 ★, on 2020-01-22
it drains the battery out of your phone, and you can only connect your bill display to your phone. Not to mention iPhone has Braille keyboard. A built-in Braille keyboard that you can use by going into voiceover settings. If they can implement that and stop the battery drainage I would give this Apple 5 star. As of now, my review is what it is unless they improve.

3 ★, on 2019-03-15
It is pretty good. I just used it for my braille sense u2. however, at some point, the brailleback app kept crashing and I had to reboot my device 2 times just to get it to stop displaying, brailleback keeps stopping. *please fix*

Previous Versions

Google BrailleBack 0.97.0.313699921
2020-07-14 / 4 MB / Android 4.1+

Google BrailleBack 0.97.0.313699921
2023-11-27 / 3.9 MB / Android 4.1+

About this app

BrailleBack is an Accessibility Service that helps blind users make use of braille devices. It works together with the TalkBack app to give a combined braille and speech experience.
This app lets you connect a supported refreshable braille display to your device via Bluetooth. Screen content will be presented on the braille display and you can navigate and interact with your device using the keys on the display. It is possible to input text using the braille keyboard.

Devices supported in this version:
• APH Refreshabraille
• Baum VarioConnect
• Baum VarioUltra
• Esys EuroBraille
• Freedom Scientific Focus Blue (14 and 40 cell models)
• HandyTech (Basic Braille, Active Braille, Braille Star, Braille Wave, Braillino, Easy Braille)
• Harpo (Braillepen 12, Braillepen 12 Touch)
• HIMS (BrailleSense, Braille EDGE)
• Humanware Brailliant (1st generation and BI models)
• Optelec Alva (BC640, BC680), Easylink 12 touch
• Orbit Reader 20
• Papenmeier Braillex Trio
• Seika (notetaker and 40 cell display)

This app is not active by default.
Steps to activate this app:
• Go to Settings
• Select Accessibility
• Select BrailleBack, and turn on the switch
• Go back to Settings
• Select Bluetooth
• If your Bluetooth braille display is not paired, make sure that the display is in pairing mode, and pair your display via Bluetooth Settings
For further instructions, press the space bar and dots 1, 2 and 3 on the display at the same time. If your display doesn't have braille input keys, choose Keyboard help in BrailleBack settings.

New features

• Use grade 2 mode for Braille tables that support it.

• Switch between grade 1 and grade 2 input with shortcut space + g.

• Turn word wrapping on or off.

• Support for VarioUltra Braille display, Orbit Reader 20 low-cost Braille display.

• New earcons.

App Permissions

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.