Dean, thanks for pointing this out, it's exactly what I was complaining about a few days ago and I'm so glad my thumb-keys now work. It'd be even better to have the non-standard layout detected and reflected in the iOS key assignments, but that would just be the icing on the cake, and in any case, it's a matter for Apple. I hope Humanware will be able to sort out the QWERTY terminal problems mentioned on the list.
Nicky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Martineau" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 4:24 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Braille Terminal Changes Also Affects OS X > On the plus side, on the BT, I can now use a custom thumb key layout and > still access thumb key commands used on IOS4.2, and in addition can use the > bypass key, enter with dots 456, followed by any Apple braille command to > issue that command instead of having it do its braillenote thing. > > Dean > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sabahattin > Gucukoglu > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 7:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Braille Terminal Changes Also Affects OS X > > On 13 Feb 2011, at 04:22, Alex Hall wrote: >> Wow, horrible news! Please, if you haven't already, email support and >> detail what is going on with OSX and brltty. Apple computers are so >> accessible already that I hate to see them lose the Apex as a display. >> I would write support as well, except I do not use a Mac and so cannot >> be specific enough. Thanks for the warning! > > Well, I spoke too soon - iOS is also affected. It seems HumanWare did not > think of backward compatibility or interoperability at all when they changed > the QT braille support. So, even iOS devices are severely hampered by the > braille changes, to the use of thumb keys and router buttons only. > > I guess the only hope now is to have either the respective drivers updated, > or else HumanWare should reintroduce bug-for-bug compatibility with the > earlier, braille-in emulation. Meantime, I'll just get used to reaching > from left to right between physical keyboard and braille display, and losing > some navigational features, which is horribly painful, in addition to the > issue of having braille present even when it is explicitly switched off. > > Cheers, > Sabahattin > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 5869 (20110213) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5870 (20110213) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
