Hi Chris and Alex, I was having endless amounts of trouble with the Braille Touch app, until you, Chris, described how you were holding it. Your hands don't go side-by-side, as they would on a Perkins-style keyboard. They face each other. Which is better than typing in rows, as in TypeinBraille, but not what we as Perkins-style braille users are used to. In any event, thank you, in spite of your frustration, for helping me finally understand how to type with it. And perhaps, Grade II input will be coming soon. Rachel On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry you are having a hard time with it, but I find it quite accurate and > easy to use. However, I really don't like the way they say to hold the phone; > instead, I do this: > press the back of the phone to your body, pinching the sides between your > thumbs and pinkies. Then gently pull back with your arms to hold it in place, > and your primary six fingers are left free to type quite easily. You'll > probably look kind of stupid in that position, but I figure if it works, it > works, and I can't find a more secure way to type with this app when a flat > surface is not available. > > Also, I find the app is indeed forgiving as to finger placement. I tend to > have my index finger furthest back, my middle finger furthest forward, and my > ring finger somewhere in the middle, yet I am able to get very consistent > results now that I've practiced some and discovered the hand position I > described above. I hope you can get this working, as it is a great app once > you get used to how to use it. > On Jan 31, 2013, at 4:28 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" > <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> OK, um... this is just my thought, ok, take it or leave it. First of all, >> there is plenty of screen real estate on even an IPhone 4 to not have to put >> each section of the braille dots virtically. They say hold the phone with >> you palms facing each other. I did this. I had a good grip of my phone as >> well. When I placed my fingers on the screen, I'm getting very! undesired >> results. This isn't a matter of go to advanced settings and flip dots 1 and >> 3, 4 and 6. This is more a matter it just isn't accurate and not very >> forgiving. I don't really have very big hands either. So my two palms >> facing each other, my two thumbs basically resting on the back of the ;hone >> oppisit side from the screen, home button on my right as I have portrait >> mode locked. now, I tapped once to activate the keyboard. now, I find my >> hands are sideways. rather than dots 1 2 and 3 going like a perkins, where >> 1 is on the right 2 to the left of that, and 3 to the right of that, it >> looks more like the braille literal letter l. so 1 on bottom, 2 in the >> middle, and 3 on top. Same on the right side of the screen with 4 5 and 6, >> and visually the blue braille dots even are aligned virtically, across each >> side of the screen. That's really dumb in my book. Going totally in >> landscape mode, when holding the phone as I said a second ago, even without >> the extra row of real estate I get with my 5, even on my old IPhone 4S, I >> still have enough room to type a full braille cell with all my fingers going >> left to right, from left to right going, 3 2 1, 4 5 6. So, why the hell >> make each half of the cell align itself virtically? That just seems a bit >> well... I was gonna say idiotic, but I think I'll be nice instead and just >> say... awkward. Second of all, the docs say you don't have to line right up >> with those braille dots on the screen as it's very forgiving. Not for me? >> it's not. I tried typing the letter h, 1 2, and 5. sometimes it thinks I >> want an r, which is 1 2 3 5. some times it thinks I want an exclaimation >> mark which is 2 3 5. one time it thought I wanted a question mark, which is >> 2 3 6. So, yeah, ok, am I missing something, or is this app really just >> that stupidly inaccurate. Surely damn well hope the former as this is >> ridiculous! I can't figure out what on earth I may be doing wrong. I'm >> following the docs to an absolute T! >> >> Chris. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
