Hello Chris
I cannot answer your questions really.
I do use the app and like it, but am so much looking forward to
BrailleTouch. It just seems to me the writing is cumbersome and, like
you say, strange at times. I do know that no, Grade 2 isn't an option in
TypeInBraille, and won't be for BrailleTouch, at least for the first
release. Also, the fact you have to enter dot patterns using at least
two, yes, 2, gestures can become cumbersome. Why 2? Well ok, an a you
just tap to the left with one finger, but that only adds a dot 1 to the
cell. So to complete that cell you either tap with three fingers
anywhere twice, or, more simply, swipe to the right with one finger. So
now you can see why it takes at least 2 gestures to write Braille with
this app. At least with BrailleTouch you can type like you can on a
Perkins or other Braille input keyboard, with a few gestures to insert a
space, delete characters, enter new lines, etc.
Christopher Hallsworth
On 04/01/2013 23:50, Christopher-Mark Gilland 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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