I'm in the same boat there, I use the reverse panning feature when I use the
braille display, at least in Jaws where it is available. I'm sure that is
something FS could include in a firmware update to put in that configuration
menu to send the command for right pan when you hit the left button, etc.
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From: "Donna Goodin" <doniado...@me.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: Apple store now stocking accessibility items
Hi Mark,
VU stands for Vario Ultra, the newest display from Baum. And just FYI, one
of it's features is multiple options for configuring how the panning keys
behave. I can't remember all the choices off-hand, but I'm pretty sure you
could set it up to pan the way you describe.
Cheers,
Donna
On May 13, 2016, at 2:59 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote:
I tend to agree with you, Donna.
By the way, what is a VU? You wrote that you like that your VU is
completely silent.
As for me, I am a big fan of the Focus 40 Blue.
One thing I cannot stand about using the Focus 40 Blue, in iOS
particularly, is that one cannot switch the panning keys.
Currently, although this was not always the case, one could use the left
panning keys to advance the Braille display. Now, one can only use the
right panning key to move right and the left panning key to move left.
I, however, read Braille with my right index finger. In so doing, I much
prefer to pan with my left hand, only. As it stands, I must now read and
pan with my right hand. This causes an enormous amount of fatigue.
In Windows, using Jaws, there is a reverse pan feature, thank goodness.
I say all this to say that my next Braille display purchasing decision
will be based on whether or not the device has a hardware, rather than a
software, feature to allow reverse panning.
If any of you know of such a device, please let me know.
Mark
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 12:40 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple store now stocking accessibility items
Oh, and in answer to your question, Sabahattin, IOS devices are already
pretty bloody close to replacing a notetaker, at least for me. But I
think it may have come as close as its ever going to. First, it would
have to have built-in braille, not something paired by bluetooth. I turn
on the device and up comes the braille. There would have to be no lag
between the device and the braille. I love that my VU is completely
silent. If I wake up in the middle of the night and want to read, I just
pick it up and turn it on. And since I was probably in my book in the
Word Processor when I turned it off, I come right up to the place I left
off when I last put it down. Easy peasy.
It's funny, as I write this, it occurs to me that for me, having a
notetaker is sort of my equivalent of having a Kindle or a Nook. And I
know sighted people who have both a smart phone, and a reading device.
It's really just a reading device, and sometimes a quick note-taking
device. I like that it's separate from my phone. My reading will never
be interrupted by any game, Facebook, text message, phone call, or one of
the myriad of other alerts I might get from my phone. This is also why I
have a separate iPod. There's nothing on it but my music and audiobooks,
for the same reason. If I'm listening to music, I don't want the chatter
from my phone cutting into it. Don't get me wrong, I love that my teeny
tiny phone can do all this stuff. And there've been plenty of times I was
very happy that that was the only device I needed to have with me, and it
could keep me connected, entertained, and provide me with reading and
music pleasure. But when traveling light is not an issue, I prefer doing
these things on separate devices. Our phones are great, but boy they do
make a racket. :)
Just my thoughts.
Cheers,
Donna
On May 13, 2016, at 2:11 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com>
wrote:
I really dislike the FS braille displays, but did applaud their efforts
to go more mainstream than their Humanware rival on the notetaker front.
Inevitably, though, I stuck with BrailleNote because their most important
function, note-taking and braille translation, remained unparalleled in
my opinion, and above all things a note-taker must do is to be efficient,
which is another area Humanware really excel at and have done so right
through the Apex, which I now have. Now they’re going Android, there is
even more promise there, except for Google and privacy of course, and the
fact that it’s running a two-releases-outdated version of Android. I
also much prefer the thumb keys and elegant design of Humanware braille
displays to the fiddly alternatives. But this is all a matter of
personal taste, really.
Now, here’s a question: what would it take to turn an iOS device into a
notetaker replacement?
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