OK, so that, they did! keep the same. I didn't know if they did that, or
revertted to the t h sign like in computer braille. Did they use the low f for
the exclaimation point, or is that gonna be the t h e sign, or what? Also, has
anyone yet found the apostrophy?
Thank you kindly,
Christopher-Mark Gilland.
Founder of CLG Productions
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From: Ray Foret Jr
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: TypeInBraille: Leaves a lot to be desired
Question mark is dots 2 3 6.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
On Jan 4, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Lisette Wesseling <lisettewessel...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Chris
I have this app and never use it because I find the order of having to
write in cumbersome.
That said, there are actually various braille standards around the world
and some of the symbols this app uses are correct for those standards. For
example, in many European countries the capital sign is dots 46 and the period
is dot 3. I wonder if this app was designed with them in mind?
As far as I know though, semicolon is dots 23 in American or English
braille. I think question mark might be the th sign.
It's not an app designed for English grade Two use which is why I never use
it. I don't know about the brackets sorry.
If I were you, I'd hold off until the braille touch app becomes available
in the app store this month.
www.brailletouchapp.com is the website I believe.
Type in braille is, like many of these braille apps, an interesting idea
which doesn't really work in practice.
Just my opinion. I haven't read the review but would probably disagree with
it from the sound of what you say.
Lisette
On 5/01/2013, at 12:50 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland"
<clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote:
OK, I was all? most! convinced to buy this app after hearing David's
review on AppleVis. Before I go any further, let me just say that I'm
referring to the TypeInBraille I O S app. So again, this is for I O S, not for
O S X.
I then heard a few things which really! were deal breakers. I'm just
wonderring if someone can answer a few questions, and maybe help me understand
the logic of a few things.
First, the logic side of it:
1. dot 3 is a period? Huh? I thought that a period would be dots 2, 5,
6 in grade 2 braille, or in computer braille, would be dots 4 6. So then, how
do you make an apostrophy which normally is! dot 3, both in grade 2, as well as
in computer braille? OK, this leads me to the next point.
2. Dots 4 6 is a capital letter? I thought 4 6 was a period in computer
braille, and in grade 2, if written by itself was the bold face indicator.
3. Slash is a low d? 2, 4, 5? I thought that was the number 4 in
computer braille, or a period in grade 2 or a dd sign if in the middle of a
word, or d i s sign at the beginning of a word.
4. Semicolon is dots 2 3? Wut? I thought 2 3 was a bb sign in grade 2,
or in computer braille was the number 2.
5. Dot 5 is an at simmble? I thought that was dot 4. More
specifically, I always learned it as dot 4 A.
Now for my questions.
1. Can we not type in grade 2 and have it translate?
2. How do I type an exclaimation mark?
3. If dot 5 is the at simble, then how do I do my quote marks? Is that
still low h to start, and low j to end like in grade 2?
4. How do I do a question mark?
5. Are my left and right parenthesis still written with the o f sign,
and the with sign or do I do that more like grade 2, with low g both ways, etc.
I dono... There are just enough things here that do not seem to follow
correct braille standard from what I can see, that I really am not totally sure
until I understand why they couldn't have incorporated correct braille
characterization that make this a major! major major! deal breaker for me.
Plus, I'd like to know if grade 2's an option. If it is, and someone can
explain to me why such strange ways of writing some a those characters, then? I
might! key word, might! consider buying it, but I need some clarification
first. I'm not trying to complain, believe me. It's just that when I've been
tought correct braille, it's very confusing trying to change to another form
which may as wel almost be it's own seperet braille table in itself. Maybe I'm
just too picky, I dono, but I'd rather it be done correctly, ya know?
Thank you kindly,
Christopher-Mark Gilland.
Founder of CLG Productions
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