Can you ever say that again!
Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jan 4, 2013, at 7:15 PM, Scott Davert <scottslistm...@gmail.com> wrote: > And this, folks, is a prime example of why we need UEB. I wish Bana > wasn't taking their sweet time on the transition. Hopefully the UK > will be onboard sometime soon as well. > > Scott > > On 1/4/13, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Actually I kind of like typeinbraille but I think I will be much faster with >> BrailleTouch. >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> >> May the words of my mouth >> and the meditation of my heart >> be acceptable to You, Lord, >> my rock and my Redeemer. >> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >> >> >> >> 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 >>>> -- >>>> 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. 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