I have not heard of Jouse or headmouse working with Jelly bean, is this through Bluetooth? 

 

I have played around with my Bluetooth mouse and my android tablet on 4.1 (JB).  It works to wake it up from sleep as well as get through the lockscreen.  I have not tried it on my phone running ICS (not sure about Honeycomb at all), but it has the same mouse properties so I think it would.  If you want, LMK off list and I will try it tonight or tomorrow night.

 

Whether the app works well, all depends on the app.  In general the android tablet apps are behind the ios apps.   But usually cheaper or free, so you can usually try it painlessly. 

 

I also do not have swype so cannot comment on that.  But my android tablet is due to download 4.2, and it is supposed to have that functionality, so again, LMK on or off list and I will try that too. 

 

Ed Hitchcock OT/L

Technology Center

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

 

 

From: xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com [mailto:xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Lisa Bardach
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 4:15 PM
To: xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com
Subject: android tablets

 

Is anyone working with Android tablets with pALS?  I know that those with the Jelly Bean operating system can handle alternative access such as head mouse and jouse.  I am trying to find out the following:

 

  1. Can you use a wireless mouse with Honeycomb or Ice Cream operating systems?
  1. Do apps for an android phone work equally well on a tablet (like iPhone and iPad)?
  1. If you are using a mouse and the tablet goes to sleep, will moving the mouse wake it up or do you have to press a button?
  1. If you are using swype, does that work with a mouse? 

I'd appreciate any input from anyone using the Android platform.  If you prefer to answer off list, please feel free, my direct email is xxxxxx@gmail.com 

 

thanks,

Lisa

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Communicating Solutions, LLC
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