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This tool would be beneficial when a sighted teacher is teaching a Braille student since
the teacher can see on the smartphone screen all the activity done by the student in
Braille Me.
This is a simple app which displays the contents of the braille display on the connected
smartphone. To activate, you need to have the braille Me app installed on an Android
smartphone. The connection procedure is different from that of BrailleBack, instead of
switching on brailleBack, you need to turn on Braille Me app.
Open the braille me app. On the right side in the app, tap on the Bluetooth icon to
show you the list of paired devices. Select any of the paired device and once the
connection is successful a message - “Connected” will be shown on the smartphone
screen and also on the device. Now, when you press the back button, Braille Me will
automatically change the “connect to Braille Me app” to “disconnect from Braille Me
app”.
Once connected, you can press the back key and go on navigating the Braille Me
menu system. Unlike BrailleBack or VoiceOver, upon pressing back key on Braille Me,
the connection is not lost. So, whatever you see on the braille display like file manager,
file list, the content of files, etc. will also be shown on the smartphone.
7.
USB
Braille Me allows you to connect to your Mac computer or Windows computer over
USB. With Braille Me, a standard micro-USB cable has been provided. Insert the small
end of the cable in Braille Me and the larger end into your computer’s USB slot.
Under this menu, if you try to select any option without inserting the USB cable it will give
an error “USB not inserted.”
7.1
Connecting with NVDA
To connect with NVDA, you would require adding our braille display driver. Please see
appendix for installation instructions.
On Braille Me navigate to the USB menu and under it – connect to NVDA. This will show
a message – “waiting for connection.” Now your braille Me is set to get connected to
NVDA.
Switch on NVDA on the computer, go to braille settings and under braille display select
Braille Me. Also, select the Output table as your preferred language and grade. If a six-
dot table is present for your language, prefer it over other tables since it will perfectly
match with Braille Me. As soon as you press OK, you will be connected to NVDA.
