fireborn,

State of iOS Braille support in May, 2024. Still shit. Nothing has been fixed. Nothing has changed. Cool.

Pawpower,
@Pawpower@mastodon.social avatar

@fireborn As someone who relies on braille, this is so fucking exhausting! My God! Apple

fireborn,

@Pawpower Have you tried Android? If it doesn't work for you, why not? I'd genuinely love to know as someone who doesn't primarily rely on braille but just enjoys reading.

Pawpower,
@Pawpower@mastodon.social avatar

@fireborn I have not, mostly because all of my subscriptions and apps and shit are on iPhone and the Apple ecosystem, and also because I honestly don't know where to start and I hear all kinds of conflicting rumors about how well braille works or does not work and I have an HID display and as far as I know, the only way that those can connect are with USB and I don't want to have to haul around the USB cord Wherever I go!

fireborn,

@Pawpower Surely connecting via USB would be more relyable?

Pawpower,
@Pawpower@mastodon.social avatar

@fireborn It might, but it is a lot more annoying, and as someone who uses the display, while walking, at bus stops, while on public transportation, or in a car, having a cord is incredibly impractical

fireborn,

@Pawpower Fair enough! Thanks for explaining.

TheQuinbox,

@fireborn And yet, somehow, people still stay on iOS for Braille. Maybe with Android 15 that'll change, though.

pixelate,
@pixelate@tweesecake.social avatar

@TheQuinbox @fireborn Try playing Diceworld with only Braille.

TheQuinbox,

@pixelate @fireborn Try playing dice world on Android period.

fireborn,

@TheQuinbox Because Apple ah a stranglehold on the disabled community. The sooner Android covers my needs with a decent wearable etc, I'm off the Apple train. Better yet, the linux phone.

menelion,
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@fireborn @TheQuinbox I'm back to Android virtually the same day I know there is a working magic tap on Android, I'm tired of Apple actually.

fireborn,

@menelion @TheQuinbox I think a lot of us are. The fact is though at the moment, iOS just works a lot more often than Android does.

TheQuinbox,

@menelion @fireborn What's not working about the current magic tap implementation? Works here.

menelion,
@menelion@dragonscave.space avatar

@TheQuinbox @fireborn Probably you missed that thread, Quin. that all started after I read a review of Samsung Galaxy A55 made by a blind person. There they state that it's all OK but to answer a WhatsApp call, you need to find a tiny little window at the top of the screen. I was like eight years on Android only, and my most awful stress point was to answer a call because there is no single and unique way to do it for all messengers. On iPhone the magic tap just works everywhere: usual phone, WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype, Teams, whatever else. for me it's super important.

pixelate,
@pixelate@tweesecake.social avatar

@menelion @TheQuinbox @fireborn Because it's not an actual magic tap, it's just the play/pause signal, I'm pretty sure.

TheQuinbox,

@pixelate @menelion @fireborn I can confirm that at the very least it's not just that, it can end phone calls

fireborn,

@menelion @TheQuinbox This is correct. Call handling on Android is supe shit.

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