I recently got a brailliant and am trying to figure out which app to use for editing digital documents.
I tried google docs but when I select a router key to edit, it puts and leaves the cursor where I selected but then the braille strip jumps to the top of the page. If anyone knows a fix to this, let me know! I was hoping to use google docs. I've also tried the notes app but don't love it.
Sometimes I'm creating my own original document and other times I have a google doc I need to download and edit.
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You could try Drafts
As much as I’ve grown to love the customizability and power of braille for reading on iOS serious writing is still a major weakness. Scott here suggested Drafts to me a while back and that seems to be the best but other operating systems fill this need better.
Edit on the braille display
Most modern braille displays have in-built text editing capabilities. You can transfer a file to the braille display, edit there, then transfer back - not convenient, but it should work. You might need to use a laptop or desktop computer, rather than an iOS device for the file transfer.
I don't use my braille displays on iOS very much, and I certainly don't edit documents there. I always use a laptop computer (Mac or Linux currently) for editing.
Sad state of affairs for mobile braille
There is no reason from a hardware standpoint we couldn't have robust text editing on the go. Android has the writing stability for it but not the accessible apps, I’ve still got to try Docs there at length), while iOS has the apps but not the braille stability. The processors in our phones, blow notetakers out of the water and are creeping up on laptop performance level, I should be able to format a google doc or Word file on the go, I don’t always have my laptop with me and those few free moments on the bus or whatever could be put to so much better use. Of course we can use laptops or the built in basic notetaking on the braille display but that's an awful workaround and we shouldn't just accept that from devices that have been more than capable of this from a performance standpoint for at least a decade now. What if you’re on a fixed income and can only aford an SE? Sighted power users or even bluetooth keyboard warriors can make that work, why not those Of us who rely on Braille displays? I shouldn't have to carry 2 phones everywhere, one for serious reading and the other for serious writing but that's the world in which we live apparently.