BAK (Blind Accessibility Keyboard) — Roadmap

Planned features

Planned features for initial version

Completed features for initial version:

• BAK-2: auto-correction (e.g. teh to the)
• BAK-11: template keys (e.g. key “email” that types the email-address)
• BAK-12: template texts (e.g. “br” for “Best regards”)
• BAK-1: setting “repeat key speed”
• BAK-8: choose keyboard layout with description and preview mode
• BAK-9: choose multiple keyboard layouts with description and preview mode
• BAK-5: clipboard history
• BAK-6: subscription and donation
• BAK-10: choose style with preview mode
• BAK-13: color scheme
• BAK-3: ctrl+line start/end to go to start/end of text field
• BAK-4: update data privacy statement
• BAK-32: add well-known Android keyboard layout
• BAK-37: Voice input via local AI, Gemini and OpenAI
• BAK-25: AI voice dictation
• BAK-36: Access data privacy statement from the app
• BAK-38: Improved order of keyboard layouts in chooser
• BAK-39: Default look for accessibility mode
• BAK-7: read setting from old versions

Planned features for future versions

• BAK-35: Korean transaltion
• to be done

Ideas for features

• BAK-18: word suggestions
• BAK-40: Cursor position information: which paragraph, which word, which letter?
• BAK-14: T9 (3x4) Input
• BAK-15: Custom keyboard layouts: import and export XML
• BAK-16: Multi-finger gestures or keys to select words/sentences
• BAK-17: Allow users to rating and provide feedback within the Keyboard
• BAK-19: promote auto-correct, auto-replace and template keys in onboarding
• BAK-20: Keyboard layout editor
• BAK-21: Make hide keyboard key optional and “fill” with space
• BAK-22: Key to announce current cursor pos: char index, sentence, word, …
• BAK-23: Text prediction
• BAK-24: Integration of different voice input apps like Futo Voice Input
• BAK-26: AI spelling and grammar check
• BAK-27: AI translation of text in text field
• BAK-28: Input letters by connection dots similar to braile
• BAK-29: High contrast colors for low-vision users
• BAK-30: Integrate a little notepad inside(!) the keyboard
• BAK-31: Braille keyboard layout
• BAK-33: addtional input mode besides lift-to-type and double-tap-to-type: swipe to select where the user keeps swiping left/right to select a key and the double-tap to click
• BAK-34: Read keys and letters not by text-to-speech, but by the screen reader itself.
• BAK-41: announce phonetics after resting on a letter
• BAK-42: Linear swiping & key-by-key selection as additional mode besides lift-to-type and double-tap-to-type