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The Android Braille Slate on Windows Pc

Developed By: Shrey Malhotra

License: Free

Rating: 3,2/5 - 23 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	1.0
Size	746.2 KB
Release Date	October 20, 14
Category	Education Apps
App Permissions: Allows access to the vibrator. [see more (7)]
Description from Developer: THE QUESTION THAT ARISES IS “HOW CAN A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON USE A TOUCH PHONE? Modern Smartphones are now equipped with systems that can be used to create an environment in wh... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download The Android Braille Slate and install on Windows PC. The Android Braille Slate is free Education app, developed by Shrey Malhotra. Latest version of The Android Braille Slate is 1.0, was released on 2014-10-20 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of The Android Braille Slate is 3,2. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 23 users, 10 users had rated it 5*, 12 users had rated it 1*.

How to install The Android Braille Slate on Windows?

Instruction on how to install The Android Braille Slate on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install The Android Braille Slate on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install The Android Braille Slate using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "The Android Braille Slate" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install The Android Braille Slate on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "The Android Braille Slate" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.0.

Download The Android Braille Slate 1.0 on Windows PC – 746.2 KB

THE QUESTION THAT ARISES IS “HOW CAN A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON USE A TOUCH PHONE?

Modern Smartphones are now equipped with systems that can be used to create an environment in which visually impaired people can efficiently navigate and use a touch phone.

‣This Android Braille Slate system makes use of the TACTILE FEEDBACK AKA VIBRATION and the AUDIO FEEDBACK A.K.A SOUND to create a user interface that requires no visual involvement to navigate through and use efficiently.

‣In the Braille slate the screen has 6 EVENLY SPACED DOTS which represent the 6 dots of an actual Braille cell.

‣The raised dots in the Braille cell are displayed as solid white circles which vibrate when touched and inform the user of the dot number through sound.Thereby simulating a real life experience of touching a raised Braille dot

‣Dots which are not needed in a particular Braille letter are represented as circular outlines which simply inform the user about the cell number (through sound) when touched.These dots do not vibrate therefore indicating that they are not required in the particular Braille formation.

WORKING OF THE APPLICATION -

‣ON LAUNCH – The User Will Be apprised of the instructions on how to navigate through the application through sound.
A two Fingered swipe towards the left will start the application and display the first letter A
The application will then speak out the letter and a few words that begin with that letter

‣WORKING OF THE VIBRATING BRAILLE SYSTEM – When a Braille cell dot that is required in the formation of the particular letter is touched the phone will vibrate and notify the user the Cell number through sound.The user figure out which letter is being displayed by dragging his finger to feel which dots are vibrating on the touch-screen.
If a dot that is not required in the formation is touched the user will just be notified of the dot number by sound and NO VIBRATION will occur.

‣NAVIGATION THROUGH THE APP – A two finger swipe towards the left will then show the next letter
A two finger swipe towards the right will take the user to the previous letter.
A two finger swipe from the top of the screen will replay the instructions for the application.
A one finger swipe from the top of the screen will replay the name of the letter and a few words that begin with that letter

CREDITS -

We Acknowledge the work of Professor Richard Ladner and his team at The University of Washington in Vibrating Braille Technology.

Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows an application to read from external storage.