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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Android in recent years has added a number of accessibility features, including <a href="https://9to5google.com/2019/02/04/google-live-transcribe-sound-amplifier-android/"><span style='color:#007413;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Live Transcribe and Sound Amplifier</span></a>. Google is now <a href="https://blog.google/products/android/braille-keyboard/"><span style='color:#007413;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>rolling out</span></a> a virtual braille keyboard to most modern Android devices.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Physical braille keyboards help the blind and visually impaired type on phones, tablets, and computer. However, Google notes that it “can be time-consuming to connect an external device each time you want to type something quickly” when mobile.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The company’s solution is a virtual TalkBack braille keyboard that’s integrated into the OS as part of the Android Accessibility Suite. Available in landscape orientation — where your right hand holds the side of the phone with the USB charging port, a 6-key layout that represents the standard braille dots is overlaid:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tap dot 1 to type the letter “A.”</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tap dots 1 and 2 to type the letter “B.”</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tap dots 1 and 4 to type the letter “C.”</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tap dots 1, 4, and 5 to type the letter “D.”</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style='background:white;box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=700 height=300 style='width:7.2916in;height:3.125in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D60F1D.EED78BE0" alt="two hands moving over a braille keyboard on an Android mobile phone"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing:border-box'><i><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Note: You can type in grade 1 and grade 2 braille. Grade 1 braille can be useful if you’re new to braille. Grade 2 can be useful if you’re a more advanced user or if you want to use abbreviations.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Some gestures are available for editing, but the other common TalkBack shortcuts are not:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;background:white;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Delete letter: Swipe left</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;background:white;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Delete word: 2-finger swipe left</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;background:white;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Add space: Swipe right</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;background:white;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>New line: 2-finger swipe right</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;background:white;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Submit text: 2-finger swipe up</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style='background:white;box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Google developed this feature in conjunction with braille developers and users. Accessing this new input method is as simple as switching international keyboards. It can be “used anywhere you would normally type and allows you to delete letters and words, add lines, and submit text.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>This virtual braille keyboard is rolling out today as part of an <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.marvin.talkback"><span style='color:#007413;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Android Accessibility Suite</span></a> update, and available to Android 5.0 devices and newer. More details and setup instructions are available on this <a href="https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/9728765"><span style='color:#007413;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>support document</span></a>.</span><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>