LandropPlus for NVDA, Landrop more accessible to transfer files between PC, iPhone and Android via LAN

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Version : 2023.05.25



• Author: Pierre-Louis Renaud;
• URL: Contact in French and English ;
• Download the stable version ;
• Download the Latest version on RPTools.org ;
• NVDA Compatibility: 2019.3 and above;
• Source code on GitHub ;

Presentation

landrop+ is an NVDA add-on for the Windows version of Landrop that makes it very easy to select your destination device, iPhone, or Android.

Landrop is a file transfer application over Wi-Fi between Windows PCs and iPhones or Android smartphones.

The advantages of Landrop compared to cloud services are as follows:

• The transfer between your PC and iPhone is direct and very fast, going through your home Wi-Fi network.
• Your files don’t take a detour of several hundred or even thousands of kilometers in both directions to pass between your two devices located in the same room.
• This solution is completely free and does not depend on a limited or costly cloud service.

Its only limitation is that it doesn’t give you access to your home network when you’re away from home.

• Download the latest version of landrop+ ;
• Install the add-on by pressing Enter on the landropPlus-2023.05.2d.nvda-addon file;
• If landrop is not yet installed on your PC or iPhone, continue reading.

Windows version of Landrop

• Download Landrop for Windows ;
• Landrop does not provide an installer program. The LANDrop-latest-win.zip archive contains a Landrop folder.
• Extract the archive and optionally move the Landrop folder to the root of one of your hard drives.
• Enter the Landrop folder.
• Select the file: landrop.exe, which is an Application type.
• Press the Applications key or Shift+F10, and in the context menu, press Enter on: Send to submenu Y / Desktop (create shortcut) b.
• You will then have a shortcut named Landrop.exe on your desktop.
• You can rename it by pressing F2 on it.
• You can also assign a keyboard shortcut to it by pressing Alt+Enter to open the shortcut’s properties.

Configuration:

• Launch Landrop using the shortcut you just created.
• Press Windows+B and use the arrow keys until you hear Landrop.
• Press the Applications key or Shift+F10 on the Landrop icon.
• In the menu, go down to “Settings” and press Enter.
• In the opened dialog, the first edit box indicates the name of your computer, and the second one indicates the path of the folder that Landrop should open when selecting files to send.
• In this second field, enter the complete path of the folder that contains, for example, your books.
• Close the dialog by pressing Enter on the OK button.

iOS version of Landrop

Install Landrop on your iPhone or iPad using this link:

https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/landrop/id1568444438

or

OpenLandrop’s page on the App Store ;

Android version of Landrop

As landrop is not hosted on the Google Play store platform, you have to download an ATK file and install it manually.

Download Landrop for Android

This guide will only talk about file transfers between PC and iPhone but it should be similar on Android.

Transferring Files from PC to iPhone with Landrop

• Launch Landrop on your PC and on your iPhone and prevent the latter from going into sleep mode.
• On your PC, press Windows+B, select the Landrop icon with the arrow keys, and then press Applications or Shift+F10.
• In the context menu, go down to “Send files” and press Enter.
• In the “Select file(s) to be sent” dialog, press Tab until you reach the “add” button, and then press Enter.
• The standard Windows file open dialog opens in the folder that you configured earlier in the “Settings” dialog.
• Select one or more files.
• Tab to the “file name” field and press Enter.
• Back in the Landrop Select files to be sent window, the Add button is still selected. You can press Enter on it to add more files.
• You can verify the list of files to be sent by pressing Shift+Tab from the “Add” button to reach it. Use the up and down arrows to navigate this list.
• When you’re satisfied, tab to the “Send” button and press Enter.
• The “Send to” dialog opens. Wait until NVDA stops saying “Send to dialogue, Address”.
• This is where the Landrop+ add-on comes into play: with it, choosing the target device becomes very simple.
• Press the down arrow to hear, for example, “iPhone de votreNom, address: 192.168.1.x, port: 5807”.
• If you hear “No device found”, press the down arrow again.
• With the add-on, your iPhone is found and selected. Simply press Enter to start transferring your files.
• The “Transferring” dialog opens and announces “handshaking” followed by a code.
• The add-on then announces: Please accept this transfer on: iPhone de VotreNom.
• Take your iPhone and in the Landrop screen, look for the name of your computer followed by the code mentioned earlier. To its right, double-tap the voiced button “oque”. If it’s not always voiced, you can use vibrations to find it. After that, you’ll find a “Close” button that allows you to refuse the transfer.
  Note that this button is much easier to find with an external keyboard.
• Once the transfer is accepted, you will hear its progress on your computer.
• On your iPhone, the files will be stored in the Landrop folder. In your reading or music application, you will need to import them from this folder.

Transferring Files from iPhone to PC with Landrop

This part is still a draft.

• Launch Landrop on the PC and on the iPhone.
• On the iPhone, in the Landrop window, touch the name of your iPhone to select it.
• Then, touch one of the two buttons located under the battery indicator on the right:
• Select files to transfer files of any type;
• Select Photos / Videos to access these two specific folders.
• Follow the procedure.