Hmm. Maybe they do, but how expensive is it? Also, I thought it only worked with the Ios devices: the ITouch and the IPhone. I could be wrong, though. It certainly wouldn't be the first time.
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Doug Lawlor Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 7:47 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Wouldn't a braille keyboard be nice? Doesn't the same company who makes the Braille pen make a keyboard only device? I thought they did Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2011-07-07, at 9:05 AM, "Missy Hoppe" <melis...@fuse.net> wrote: > It can be; depends on your braille skills. I've been typing on a traditional > keyboard since I was 8, so that's why I know my > hands wouldn't work on the actual mac keyboard the wahy that's been > described. They've had 30 years of knowing that the > square keys get pressed one at a time. LOL! But on a dedicated braille > keyboard, especially if it enabled you to type in > grade two braille, then yes, in theory, you could type lots faster. It's a > neat idea, but it definitely needs to be a > separate device. > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 7:25 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Wouldn't a braille keyboard be nice? > > Hi, > > couldn't such a keyboard be connected via bluetooth as well. This would > remove the need of a USB port. But in general, as a > non braille user, what would this accomplish? Is typing on a braille > keyboard generally faster than a regular keyboard? > > TIA > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter, Skype, & AIM: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > > > On Jul 7, 2011, at 7:11 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > >> I think the only impractical thing with what you're saying is it would be >> annoying seeing the macbooks only have 2 u s b > ports on the stocked plain white models, like I have, so, this would mean, > you'd only have 1 u s b port then to work with. > Two in my opinion is bad enough. I don't see why on the white models they > didn't give us a few more. I can't speak for the > eluminum pro models. I only've seen them maybe once or twice at an Apple > store, so I don't totally remember how they looked. >> >> Chris. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.