Re: Braille displays and iOS?

2020-06-01 Thread Greg Wocher
Hello, The new Orbit 40 that is coming out will have cursor buttons. The orbits are really good for note taking. Also the new Orbit 40 will have on board translation. Greg Wocher > On Jun 1, 2020, at 7:59 AM, Sadam Ahmed wrote: > > Hi Richard, Simon, and Alia. > > She will be using it for

RE: Braille displays and iOS?

2020-06-01 Thread Richard Turner
2020 5:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille displays and iOS? it is. maybe someone else will know by whom. On Jun 1, 2020, at 7:44 AM, Richard Turner wrote: I do not believe the Vario Ultra is being produced any longer. -- The following information is important for a

Re: Braille displays and iOS?

2020-06-01 Thread Devin Prater
I use the Focus 14 Blue fifth generation. The scratchpad is okay, no word wrap which I find annoying, but I mainly use it with my iPhone anyway. > On Jun 1, 2020, at 7:27 AM, Sadam Ahmed wrote: > > Even when it was, I don't think it made it to Australia which is where I'm > located. > > I've

Re: Braille displays and iOS?

2020-06-01 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Even when it was, I don't think it made it to Australia which is where I'm located. I've certainly never come across it at the various trade shows that the sales people hold. On 6/1/2020 10:13 PM, alia robinson wrote: it is. maybe someone else will know by whom. On Jun 1, 2020, at 7:44

Re: Braille displays and iOS?

2020-06-01 Thread alia robinson
it is. maybe someone else will know by whom. On Jun 1, 2020, at 7:44 AM, Richard Turner wrote: I do not believe the Vario Ultra is being produced any longer. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

Re: Braille displays and iOS?

2020-06-01 Thread Liel Ben Simonליאל בן סימון
Hi, the Q Braille XL is grate, but the note taking ability is very limited. I think that Braille Sence Polaris from Hims is beter. נשלח מה-iPhone שלי > ‫ב-1 ביוני 2020, בשעה 14:58, ‏‏Sadam Ahmed ‏ כתב/ה:‬ > >  > Hi Richard, Simon, and Alia. > > She will be using it for note taking as well

Re: Braille displays and iOS?

2020-06-01 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Hi Richard, Simon, and Alia. She will be using it for note taking as well as lots of reading. So far we have looked at the Focus 40 5th gen as well as the mentioned Q-Braille from Hims. Orbit reader sounds good, But from what I gather that display does not have cursor buttons. Thanks,

Re: Braille displays and iOS?

2020-06-01 Thread Richard Turner
I do not believe the Vario Ultra is being produced any longer. I use the Orbit Reader 20. A 40 cell version will be out within a couple of months. Which display will be best for your client will depend a lot on what specific features they want/need. Richard Linus to Charlie Brown: "Worrying

Re: Braille displays and iOS?

2020-06-01 Thread alia robinson
they’re about all the same as far as how they’re used. it depends on what else she wants to do with it. On Jun 1, 2020, at 7:35 AM, Sadam Ahmed wrote: Hi all, I am doing some research for a client on the best display to use with her iPhone and iPad. What models of braille displays are

Re: Braille displays and iOS?

2020-06-01 Thread Liel Ben Simonליאל בן סימון
Hi Sadam, i use VarioUltra Braille Display from Baum. It's good too use with iPhone. נשלח מה-iPhone שלי > ‫ב-1 ביוני 2020, בשעה 14:35, ‏‏Sadam Ahmed ‏ כתב/ה:‬ > > Hi all, > > I am doing some research for a client on the best display to use with her > iPhone and iPad. > > What models of

Braille displays and iOS?

2020-06-01 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Hi all, I am doing some research for a client on the best display to use with her iPhone and iPad. What models of braille displays are people using with the iPhone? I have heard good things about the new Focus 5th gen as well as the QBraille. Any insight welcome. Sincerely, Sadam Sadam

Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

2016-11-06 Thread Anouk Radix
; From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Anouk Radix > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 5:32 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and > ios/bluetooth? > > Todd, > I use the human

RE: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

2016-11-06 Thread Todd Patkus
with braille displays and ios/bluetooth? Hi Scott, I tried hid also but that does not seem to work on the iphone (by that I mean i tried connecting the brailliant while its protocol was set to openbraille instead of humanware and the channel to bluetooth). I dont think the refreshbraille is sold here

RE: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

2016-11-05 Thread Todd Patkus
, 2016 7:50 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth? Hi. Yes, I've also noticed that the Brailliant display line has had various issues with Bluetooth connectivity over the past few years. The newer firmware seemed to be a bit

RE: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

2016-11-05 Thread Todd Patkus
Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anouk Radix Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 5:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth? Todd, I use the humanware brailliant bi40

Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

2016-11-03 Thread Anouk Radix
omething. Let him tell you about his >>> devices. >>> >>> Todd >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>> Of Anouk Radix >>> Sent: Tuesday, November

Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

2016-11-02 Thread Keith Bundy
;> >>> I am sure Rich will tell you something. Let him tell you about his >>> devices. >>> >>> Todd >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>> Of

Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

2016-11-02 Thread Scott Davert
iphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Anouk Radix >> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 5:02 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: what are your experiences with braille displays and >> ios/bluetooth? >> >> Hi Every

Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

2016-11-02 Thread Anouk Radix
m tell you about his devices. > > Todd > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Anouk Radix > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 5:02 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: what are your experien

Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

2016-11-02 Thread Anouk Radix
capable to get the connection back > either. > I was wondering what are your experiences regarding braille displays/ios and > bluetooth stability? I will be able to get a new braille display next year > and the bluetooth performance will be a major deciding factor. > Thanks, > Gre

RE: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

2016-11-01 Thread Todd Patkus
-Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anouk Radix Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 5:02 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth? Hi Everyone, I am doing a lot

Re: what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

2016-11-01 Thread Keith B.
t; get the connection back either. > I was wondering what are your experiences regarding braille displays/ios > and bluetooth stability? I will be able to get a new braille display next > year and the bluetooth performance will be a major deciding factor. > Thanks, > Greetings, An

what are your experiences with braille displays and ios/bluetooth?

2016-11-01 Thread Anouk Radix
the connection back either. I was wondering what are your experiences regarding braille displays/ios and bluetooth stability? I will be able to get a new braille display next year and the bluetooth performance will be a major deciding factor. Thanks, Greetings, Anouk, -- The following

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-21 Thread christopher hallsworth
Not that I know of. The idea is to type in Braille on the touch screen just like you could with MBraille and BrailleTouch however you can do this in any text field. Typing on a Braille display should be the same as it always has been in previous releases. Sent from my Macbook Pro On 19 Sep

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-21 Thread Wayne Merritt
Okay, thanks all for the responses. I was talking about the ability to, perhaps enter text with a Braille display like the new braille input mode or handwriting modes for entering text. I don't think that it would be that difficult since many displays are already supported and can be used to enter

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-21 Thread Teresa Cochran
It has been possible to use Braille input on a display since Voiceover was implemented. This works independently from any screen input mode. The onscreen Braille input is meant for you to be able to Braille directly onto the touchscreen. This comes in handy if you don't have a Braille display

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-21 Thread Wayne Merritt
Understood. I was thinking it would be handy to enter the first few letters of an app's name on a home screen with a braille display, verses having to search each screen or find a certain app which may be on screen 4 or 7 and then open the app. Wayne On 9/21/14, Teresa Cochran batsfly...@me.com

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-21 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, A reasonably quick way to search for an app and open it is to make sure focus is anywhere other than the status bar. Then type Space with dots 3-4-5-6. This opens Spotlight. Type a few characters and press Enter. Press Space with Dot 4 a few times, and you should reach the app you want.

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-20 Thread RobH!
braille keyboard. robH. - Original Message - From: Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com To: viphone viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 10:04 PM Subject: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8 Greetings all. I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 7. I haven't upgraded

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-20 Thread RobH!
Braille displays in iOS 8 Sorry, I suppose I should have explained more. I was wondering if you could turn the rodar to braille when on a home screen and use the braille display to open apps from the home screen? I know you can braile things from the display in different edit boxes and files. Wayne

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-20 Thread RobH!
Message - From: Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 3:06 AM Subject: Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8 Perhaps there would need to be a specific 'fraille display' Rotor setting for this? I think Apple/VO can only go

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-20 Thread RobH!
Coo, that's useful; not done that before, got more than I bargained for, too. Rh. - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 5:42 AM Subject: Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-20 Thread Teresa Cochran
. - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 3:06 AM Subject: Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8 Perhaps there would need to be a specific 'fraille display' Rotor setting for this? I think

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-20 Thread Charles Rivard
to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: RobH! bobs...@googlemail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 4:37 AM Subject: Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8 Has anyone tried

Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-19 Thread Wayne Merritt
Greetings all. I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 7. I haven't upgraded yet and am not sure tha i Iwill until I get a new iPhone 6 next week or the week after. I have seen people talk about being able to type in Braille in iOS 8. My question is: can this be done with a Braille display? In other words,

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-19 Thread Flor Lynch
@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 10:04 PM Subject: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8 Greetings all. I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 7. I haven't upgraded yet and am not sure tha i Iwill until I get a new iPhone 6 next week or the week after. I have seen people talk about

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-19 Thread Wayne Merritt
To: viphone viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 10:04 PM Subject: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8 Greetings all. I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 7. I haven't upgraded yet and am not sure tha i Iwill until I get a new iPhone 6 next week or the week after. I

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-19 Thread Charles Rivard
you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com To: viphone viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 4:04 PM Subject: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8 Greetings all. I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 7. I

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-19 Thread alia robinson
you've been able to n braille using a display for ages on the iphone, no need to turn a router to anything, just input braille. On Sep 19, 2014, at 5:04 PM, Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings all. I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 7. I haven't upgraded yet and am not sure tha i

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-19 Thread Alex Hall
I know what the OP is saying though, and no you can't. He is asking if he can now use the display's keyboard to search for and open apps on the home screen like the on-screen braille or handwriting modes allow. Unless I missed something, this is still not possible. On Sep 19, 2014, at 9:22 PM,

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-19 Thread Flor Lynch
: Saturday, September 20, 2014 2:24 AM Subject: Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8 I know what the OP is saying though, and no you can't. He is asking if he can now use the display's keyboard to search for and open apps on the home screen like the on-screen braille

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-19 Thread David Chittenden
Well, it can be done the same way it is done with a QWERTY keyboard, through spotlight search. I always use handwriting feature for this purpose, so do not remember how to bring up spotlight search. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my

Re: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8

2014-09-19 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Do a three finger swipe down on a home screen to bring up the spot light search. On 09/19/2014 10:03 PM, Davidwrote: Well, it can be done the same way it is done with a QWERTY keyboard, through spotlight search. I always use handwriting feature for this purpose, so do not remember how to

Re: Braille displays with iOS devices

2013-03-28 Thread Rebecca Ilniski
Can this list include braille touch as a topic? Anything Braille andios? -- Rebecca and Zeb email: rilni...@gmail.com facebook: www.facebook.com/rebeccai5 Zeb's facebook: www.facebook.com/zeb.ilniski -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To

Re: Braille displays with iOS devices

2013-03-28 Thread Terje Strømberg
Hi, Yes. Take care Den 27. mars 2013 kl. 17:38 skrev Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com: Can this list include braille touch as a topic? Anything Braille andios? -- Rebecca and Zeb email: rilni...@gmail.com facebook: www.facebook.com/rebeccai5 Zeb's facebook:

RE: Braille displays with iOS devices

2013-03-27 Thread Carrie Snodgrass
: Braille displays with iOS devices Hi All, Apologies for the blank message I just sent. Would there be any interest in a list specifically for those using braille displays with iOS devices? I've been thinking of starting such a list, but was curious about the level of interest before I set it up

Re: Braille displays with iOS devices

2013-03-27 Thread Eileens Misrahi
, March 25, 2013 8:41 AM To: viphone Cc: accessible-ios Subject: Braille displays with iOS devices Hi All, Apologies for the blank message I just sent. Would there be any interest in a list specifically for those using braille displays with iOS devices? I've been thinking of starting

Re: Braille displays with iOS devices

2013-03-27 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Apologies for the blank message I just sent. Would there be any interest in a list specifically for those using braille displays with iOS devices? I've been thinking of starting such a list, but was curious about the level of interest before I set it up. If you

Braille displays with iOS devices

2013-03-25 Thread Kimber Gardner
Hi All, Apologies for the blank message I just sent. Would there be any interest in a list specifically for those using braille displays with iOS devices? I've been thinking of starting such a list, but was curious about the level of interest before I set it up. If you are interested, please

Re: Braille displays with iOS devices

2013-03-25 Thread Jonathan Mosen
interest in a list specifically for those using braille displays with iOS devices? I've been thinking of starting such a list, but was curious about the level of interest before I set it up. If you are interested, please contact me at kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com. Thanks, Kimber

Re: Braille displays with iOS devices

2013-03-25 Thread Kimber Gardner
...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Apologies for the blank message I just sent. Would there be any interest in a list specifically for those using braille displays with iOS devices? I've been thinking of starting such a list, but was curious about the level of interest before I set it up. If you

Re: Braille displays with iOS devices

2013-03-25 Thread Jonathan Mosen
there be any interest in a list specifically for those using braille displays with iOS devices? I've been thinking of starting such a list, but was curious about the level of interest before I set it up. If you are interested, please contact me at kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com. Thanks, Kimber