I think it's just gonna take some practice. Keep in mind it's a very new
app, and I think it'll definitely improve as things progress.
Chris Gilland.
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From: "Rachel Feinberg" <walksi...@gmail.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: My first impressions on BrailleTouch for I O S
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.
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