Hi Lisa,

 

My experience is that the system thinks the Bluetooth connection to the mouse is actually Bluetooth to a keyboard, SO it will not pop up the on-screen keyboard.    We have run in to this on other operating systems as well.  I have found that depending on the app, sometimes the resident keyboard remains on the screen and can be used.

 

This also happens when you use a Bluetooth amplifier…it also is confused for a Bluetooth keyboard.

 

Interested to hear if others have a solution.

 

John

 

 

John M. Costello

Director, Augmentative Communication Program and 

ALS Augmentative Communication Program

Boston Children's Hospital

781.216.2220

781 216 2252 fax

www.childrenshospital.org/acp

www.childrenshospital.org/ALSaugcomm

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TWITTER:  ACP/ALS ACP

                                   @costello_j

 

 

From: <xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com> on behalf of Lisa Bardach <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com>
Date: Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 1:06 PM
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Subject: mouse with android tablet [EXTERNAL]

 

Hi folks,

I was demonstrating a Samsung Galaxy tablet to a pALS who is very good with a wireless mouse.  The problem we had is that when she would click on any screen that required a keyboard, no keyboard would come up.  If she touched the tablet with her hand, the keyboard would appear, but not if she clicked with the mouse.  Is there some setting I am missing that enables this to happen?  She was GREAT with Speech Assistant for communication, but not without a keyboard.

thanks,

Lisa


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Communicating Solutions, LLC
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