TapType is out. It's a keyboard for blind Android users.
There are no visible keys. You tap where QWERTY keys would be from muscle memory, and a spatial prediction algorithm figures out what you meant. It scores nearby keys using a Gaussian proximity model and runs a beam search against an 80,000 word dictionary. You don't need to be precise. That's the whole point.
Swipe right to commit a word. Swipe down or up to cycle through suggestions. Swipe left to delete. It learns what words you use most and ranks them higher over time, and you can add your own words to a personal dictionary.
Every letter has its own unique sound, from Andre Louis's keyboard sound recordings, so you can learn to identify keys by ear without relying on speech. Each swipe direction has a distinct sound too. TTS is there when you want it, adjustable speed, and you can turn it off entirely if you prefer sounds only.
It has emoji search with skin tone selection and favourites, a number pad mode, an upper case mode, and full punctuation support with a customizable quick list. Two-finger gestures handle things like send, close keyboard, switch keyboard, and voice input.
Everything works with TalkBack. I built this because FlickType was a fantastic keyboard for blind iOS users and then it was gone. Nothing like it existed on Android, so I made one.
It's free, no ads, no tracking, no metrics. I'm not evil.
Download: https://github.com/aaron-gh/taptype-releases/releases/latest
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Bug fixes Fixed touch passthrough breaking other keyboards when TalkBack is active. Passthrough now only activates when TapType is the current keyboard, and clears immediately on keyboard switch, ...

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I'm really wondering why Fighting Blindness Canada is hosting an event for people who are #VisuallyImpaired and the location they chose is 1.6km from the closest bus stop. Check out the #accessibility of the ACT Rec Centre in #yeg.
Naples museum to allow visually impaired visitors to experience art through touch

Sansevero Chapel Museum will host day of guided tours where visitors will be able to feel marble sculptures

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Canada's Kalle Eriksson, guide Sierra Smith earn slalom bronze for 3rd medal of Paralympic debut
Canadian Para alpine skier Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith capped their memorable Paralympic debut with bronze in the men's visually impaired slalom on Sunday at the Milano-Cortina Games.
#Sports #Paralympics #WinterSports #Paraicehockey
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/milano-cortina-paralympics-roundup-march-15-9.7129386?cmp=rss
Canada's Kalle Eriksson, guide Sierra Smith earn slalom bronze for 3rd medal of Paralympic debut
Canadian Para alpine skier Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith capped their memorable Paralympic debut with bronze in the men's visually impaired slalom on Sunday at the Milano-Cortina Games.
#Sports #Paralympics #WinterSports #Paraicehockey
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/milano-cortina-paralympics-roundup-march-15-9.7129386?cmp=rss

@lhgmk2 Don't let the cynicism overtake your heart, my friend. I understand your views on alt texts, but at the same time, visually impaired people do exist.

#AltTexts #VisuallyImpaired

Chat with bank, hopefully sorted, it sucks that no-one thinks about visually impaired people, its also not hard to accommodate us either. Just give us the ability to modify font sizes & styles, scale your apps properly.

Phones now are good but could do better in some aspects, a few apps dont play nice when scaled.

#VisualImpairment #Accommodations #VisuallyImpaired

Dear F1 teams, would love if you put the driver numbers on the shark fin at the back. 🙏🏻 It's hard to see the numbers on the noses.

#F1 #AusGP #VisuallyImpaired

City snow-clearing crews let down the visually impaired this winter, advocates say
Mother Nature appears to have accomplished a job critics say city staff didn't complete this winter: clearing the snow from critical infrastructure for the visually impaired.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/snow-wayfinding-visually-impaired-safety-9.7116294?cmp=rss

Is it true, that visually impaired people have a hard time, with reading hashtags?

#visuallyimpaired