San Francisco, April 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Google has launched a new braille keyboard named TalkBack to simplify smartphone typing for those who are suffering from visual impairment.
"TalkBack braille keyboard is a new virtual braille keyboard integrated directly into Android. It is a fast, convenient way to type on your phone without any additional hardware, whether you are posting on social media, responding to a text, or writing a brief email," Brian Kemler Product Manager, Android Accessibility said in a statement on Thursday.
TalkBack keyboard uses a standard 6-key layout and each key represents one of six Braille dots which, when tapped, make any letter or symbol. "To type an 'A' you would press dot 1 and to type a 'B', dots 1 and 2 together," Kemler added.
It works on all Android text fields - from Docs to Gmail to text messages - and also offers the way to delete letters, words, add lines as wll as submit text.
The keyboard is rolling out to all devices that run Android 5.0 or later.
To enable it, just go to Settings > Accessibility and select TalkBack. One can see full instructions on the Android Accessibility Help website.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz