RE: Braille display recommendations for Chip, et also

Thanks much Richard, that sounds like a plan. Chip From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 5:22 PM To: ViPone list Subject: Braille display recommendations for Chip, et also Chip and all, I

Re: Braille display and both voice dream and kindle

Okay. Thanks. Judy Sent from my iPhone On Apr 17, 2016, at 6:21 PM, Lelia Struve wrote: Yes, once you are in an open document that is where the reading, visual, and audio options or settings are. They're not an actual settings sorry about that. Lelia Sent from my

Re: Braille display and both voice dream and kindle

Yes, once you are in an open document that is where the reading, visual, and audio options or settings are. They're not an actual settings sorry about that. Lelia Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2016, at 5:17 PM, Jennie Facer wrote: > > I had to find them once I was

Re: Braille display and both voice dream and kindle

I had to find them once I was in an open document. Jenn Jennie Facer > On Apr 17, 2016, at 4:56 PM, Judy Holloway wrote: > > where are the visual settings question I can't find them in settings. > Thanks. > Judy > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 17, 2016, at 4:48 PM,

Re: Braille display and both voice dream and kindle

where are the visual settings question I can't find them in settings. Thanks. Judy Sent from my iPhone On Apr 17, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Lelia Struve wrote: I am having the same problem with bow voice dream and Kindle. Here is what I did for voice dream, I went into the

Re: Braille display and both voice dream and kindle

I am having the same problem with bow voice dream and Kindle. Here is what I did for voice dream, I went into the visual settings and I selected three lines. At first all lines were selected. It seems to work. I don't think it's voice dream, I think it's the latest couple of updates. Because I

Re: Braille display and both voice dream and kindle

Yes I am having the same problem. I wondered what that was. Jenn Jennie Facer > On Apr 17, 2016, at 3:19 PM, Judy Holloway wrote: > > I am having this problem when trying to use a Braille display, (Apex), with > Voice Dream Reader. The last two lines on a page are skipped

Re: Braille display and both voice dream and kindle

I am having this problem when trying to use a Braille display, (Apex), with Voice Dream Reader. The last two lines on a page are skipped when going to the next page. This used to happen with the first page but it now happens with all pages in VDR. This does not happen with kindle. Has anyone

Re: Braille display and both voice dream and kindle

Well here is what I did with voice dream, I don't know if I can do this with Kindle. But instead of having all lines selected, I selected three and that seems to be working for now. We shall see Lelia Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2016, at 9:43 AM, Arianna Sepulveda

Re: Braille display and both voice dream and kindle

I've noticed this with VDR, but not with a Braille display. I'll have to check things out with my Braillient BI 32. When using Voiceover to read the text instead of any of the VDR voices, the last line of the text often gets skipped when moving onto the next page; this happens even if you're doing

Re: Braille display in book reading apps such as iBooks or Kindle

Hi, I think this can happen in a book that has a lot of images. Try touching the screen in different places to move to different parts of the text. Files that are mostly text should work fine. Best, Anna > On Oct 4, 2015, at 11:34 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > > In

Re: Braille display in book reading apps such as iBooks or Kindle

Hi Mary, No, there's no feature like that on the iPHone. Auto-panning switches pages automatically when you get to the end of one. It makes the reading process very smooth. Best, Anna > On Oct 4, 2015, at 4:12 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Hi Anna, > Thank you for your

Re: Braille display in book reading apps such as iBooks or Kindle

In iOS9 there is a bug where in iBooks and Kindle a paragraph is reapeat again and again with braille, but speech in perfect. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 4, 2015, at 11:06 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hi Mary, > > No, there's no feature like that on the iPHone.

Re: Braille display in book reading apps such as iBooks or Kindle

Hi Mary, Auto-panning was added in iOS 8, and it makes reading books very easy. With iBooks and Voice dream Reader, there's a message when the page changes saying what page you're on; you can either wait for this to go away or press a cursor routing button to make it go away immediately. In

Re: Braille display in book reading apps such as iBooks or Kindle

Hello all. sing i,books and the kindle app on the Iphone when you go to the bottom of a page it just pauses and automatically goes to the next page. I find Ibooks and Kindle to be the best apps as far as book reading goes with a braille display. Rebecca and Zeb email: rilni...@gmail.com > On

Re: Braille display in book reading apps such as iBooks or Kindle

Hi Anna, Thank you for your reply. When you say auto panning was added, is that the same thing that some folks call auto scrolling? That is, as I understand it, a setting controllable within the braille display which will automatically bring up a row of text, corresponding to the number of

Re: Braille display with iPhone, using the at symbol

As far as I know, @ is dot 4 followed by dot 1. On Jun 21, 2015, at 9:38 AM, Ryan Mann rmann0...@gmail.com wrote: If somebody is using a Braille display with an iPhone, is there any way to use the @ (at) symbol without switching to uncontracted Braille? This symbol is needed to type email

Re: Braille display with iPhone, using the at symbol

When in contracted mode, the @ is dot 4 followed immediately by dot 1. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 22 Jun 2015, at 01:38, Ryan Mann rmann0...@gmail.com wrote: If somebody is using a Braille display with an iPhone,

Re: Braille display with iPhone, using the at symbol

Hello. Try dot four followed by dot 1. On Jun 21, 2015, at 8:38 AM, Ryan Mann rmann0...@gmail.com wrote: If somebody is using a Braille display with an iPhone, is there any way to use the @ (at) symbol without switching to uncontracted Braille? This symbol is needed to type email

Re: braille display and the rotor

Hi Eden. Have you tried changing the rotor with speech turned on, and it's still not working? Sometimes, braille fails to show the rotor announcement and the only way to fix it is to turn speech on and then back off again. I assume you are using space with dot 6 or dot 3 to move within that

Re: braille display and the rotor

: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Davert Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 10:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: braille display and the rotor Hi Eden. Have you tried changing the rotor with speech turned on, and it's still not working

RE: braille display and the rotor

, 2015 10:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: braille display and the rotor Hi Eden. Have you tried changing the rotor with speech turned on, and it's still not working? Sometimes, braille fails to show the rotor announcement and the only way to fix it is to turn speech

Re: Braille display

Hi, In the accessibility settings, there is a Braille option in the Voiceover part. You can choose both input and output for Braille displays. This was confusing at first, because my display was doing weird things too, and once I turned both input and output to contracted Braille, all works

Re: Braille Display Entry Laggy In ios8

Hi, teresa, Even with automatic braille translation on, pressing dots 4-5-chord can help get the braille caught up with you. This is particularly true when you type text and can't press Enter until text entry has caught up. I hope that's of some help. Best, Anna On Sep 21, 2014, at 2:17

Re: Braille Display Entry Laggy In ios8

Hi Teresa. I can write quite fast, but I see the problem, things are looking a little strange for me too. I do not have a solution. I like the fact that you can read contracted braille and write uncontracted if you like, but there are bugs, and I do not know how to get them corrected as soon

Re: Braille Display Entry Laggy In ios8

Thanks, Anna, that is helpful indeed. I'll give it a try. I like both modes for different reasons, so I'll play around and see which I like better. I used to like the ability to review an expanded word to see how it would come out in print before pressing space, but this is a little more

RE: Braille Display Entry Laggy In ios8

Thakns for this. I was not aware of this keystroke. Will try this. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 4:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille Display Entry

Re: Braille Display Entry Laggy In ios8

Hello, I think I just hijacked a thread with this same question. I don't think braille is the same here. My Focus 40 lags, won't enter characters and sometimes freezes in IOS 8 with my iphone 5. Also, there are times I can't use my enter or backspace Sharonda Sent from my mobile device;

Re: Braille Display, Was iOS8: Enter Passcode with Braille Screen Input?

Unlock your device either with the unlock button by routing your Braille cursor to it or go to the previous horizontal page with dots 2-4-6 chord. If you use contractions while typing, press the number sign and letter sign before numbers or letters. If you don't use contractions, use Braille

Re: Braille Display, Was iOS8: Enter Passcode with Braille Screen Input?

I had no problem with this in iOS7 but I just now figured it out in iOS8. Part of the problem was that I was I suppose being lazy and hadn't looked in settings to see what the defaults were now that input and output for braille displays are handled separately. What I finally did is this: I did

Re: Braille display with pages

in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! - Original Message - From: denise avant denise.av...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 2:08 PM Subject: Re: Braille display with pages And what I

RE: Braille display with pages

Sent: June 25, 2014 8:03 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille display with pages When I got my iPad Air there was something there about here are some free Apple apps to get you started. So I downloaded the lot. Now you know what I know. The only one I briefly looked at was garage

Re: Braille display with pages

Pages is a free apple app so you can download it and find out for your self but Apple says it's totally accessible. HTH Regards, Alan I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet. Please click on:

RE: Braille display with pages

to stand corrected. Grant -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Paganelli Sent: June 24, 2014 12:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille display with pages Pages is a free apple app so you can download it and find

RE: Braille display with pages

24, 2014 12:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille display with pages Pages is a free apple app so you can download it and find out for your self but Apple says it's totally accessible. HTH Regards, Alan I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being

Re: Braille display with pages

: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Paganelli Sent: June 24, 2014 12:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille display with pages Pages is a free apple app so you can download it and find out for your self but Apple says it's totally

Re: Braille display and picker items

Space-3 or space-6. Remember that a picker item is nothing more than a rotor item dynamically added, so rotor gestures apply. On Apr 27, 2014, at 4:38 PM, Jennie Facer jennie.fa...@gmail.com wrote: How do you go up and down with the Braille display? I can't figure that out. Thank you so

Re: Braille Display editing Commands: Have They Gone away?

Hi, The editing commands are there, they just don't work in iOS 7. I definitely have reported this to accessibility, so we'll see what happens. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, guys, This is the first occasion I’ve

Re: Braille Display editing Commands: Have They Gone away?

Hi Teresa. The commands are indeed broken, but you can use the rotor as you had suggested. TO select an option to such as copying selected text to the clipboard, you would find copy un the rotor setting for edit, and then press space with dots 3-6 to activate that command. For some reason, it

Re: Braille Display editing Commands: Have They Gone away?

Thanks, Scott. Yes, it did help. I hope Apple fixes this at some point. However, the rotor method is definitely doable. Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Scott Davert scottslistm...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Teresa.

Re: braille display podcast

Hi. Have you tried paring the display to the phone. It should work. I am reading and using my phone with a braille display and without speech all the time. Best regards Annie. Den Aug 1, 2013 kl. 3:39 PM skrev Rebecca Ilniski rilni...@gmail.com: hi Scott. Thanks for the great braille display

Re: braille display with ipod touch

, Stephanie Mitchell natureloving...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. Steph - Original Message - From: Marianne Denning maria...@denningweb.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date sent: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:21:25 -0400 Subject: Re: braille display with ipod touch Steph, did you follow the steps

Re: braille display with ipod touch

Steph, did you follow the steps on the Humanware website? Have you upgraded your Apex to the latest version? On 5/21/13, Stephanie Mitchell natureloving...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I cant get my braillenote apex to pair with the ipod touch. It's about 3 years old and it used to work. The

Re: braille display with ipod touch

Yes. Steph - Original Message - From: Marianne Denning maria...@denningweb.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date sent: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:21:25 -0400 Subject: Re: braille display with ipod touch Steph, did you follow the steps on the Humanware website? Have you upgraded your Apex

Re: Braille display

Yes, you can. Just tested it myself to be sure it worked. :-) Jenny Marmalade -- Jenny Wood Phone: (972) 989-3894 Email: kc5...@gmail.com Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni On Dec 16, 2012, at 8:32 AM, taylorarnd...@gmail.com wrote: Sent I believe you can read it book on the Braille

Re: Braille display question

Press g-chord to switch to grade I Braille and dots 2 3 6 chord to switch to computer Braille whilst in grade I input if necessary. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 29/11/2012, at 4:40, Patti Johnson pat1...@insightbb.com

RE: Braille display question

Thanks, David, I knew there was a fix to this. Patti _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:11 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille display question Press g-chord

Re: braille display question

I find navigating the various screens with the joystick on the RB 18 to be very effective. The only 2 flaws with the RB 18 that I have found are the USB plug and the fact that when the battery gets down to 1 third remaining, it will flash a battery low message in uncontracted braille that will

Re: braille display question

Hi Rebecca. The other thing you can do is hit space with g to turn contracted braille off, and then put in your question mark. Just know that you have to use computer braille, so in this case, the question mark becomes dots 1-4-5-6. 2-3-6 then becomes the number 8. Scott On 11/2/12, Scott Davert

Re: braille display question

I was told that the reason the battery prompt keeps showing is that once you actually let the battery go down completely it really does take a while for it to recharge. As for the USB cable a lot of people seem to be complaining about that but I really have had very little problem with it. I

Re: braille display question

I'd love to hear your review of the RB18. Navigating and replying to text messages. Navigating the iPhone screen. Are you comfortable typing on it? When the phone is locked, what is it like reading a notification that comes through, thus unlocking the phone? Thank you so much, Traci Sent by

Re: braille display question

For the most part, all braille displays function the same with the iPhone. The command structure is the same. The only differences are the panning keys that iOS uses. For the Refreshabraille 18, the Braille keys are small squares. Dots 7 and 8 are to either side of the spacebar. this is

Re: braille display question

Rebecca, What type of display do you have? On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:14 PM, Rebecca Ilniski wrote: I love this braille display. Am going to have to get me one when I can afford it. This method does work and I'm fluent in Braille. I love braille anyway I can get it. Rebecca and Zeb

Re: braille display question

I'm borrowing a refreshabraille 18 right now from work so am playing with it and may eventually get one of my own. -- 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

Re: braille display question

Ah, ok. I just wondered. I have the Braillepen 12. On Oct 31, 2012, at 5:27 PM, Rebecca Ilniski wrote: I'm borrowing a refreshabraille 18 right now from work so am playing with it and may eventually get one of my own. -- Rebecca and Zeb email: rilni...@gmail.com facebook:

Re: braille display question

Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word baseball immediately followed by the question mark and then wait until the word appears on your display. It takes a couple of seconds to appear, it's not immediate. If you type the word baseball and wait for it to

Re: braille display question

Or, press dots 5 6 (letter sign) before the punctuation symbol. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 2:09, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example,

Re: braille display question

I wonder if this is because of contracted Braille? I believe that is what I understood and using uncontracted Braille alleviates this problem. On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rebecca, What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word

Re: braille display question

Hi. Thanks for your suggestions. I'll definitely give them a try. It all makes sense. -- 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

Re: braille display question

Yes, that is what I do: try not to stop until I get to the end of the word and have put the punctuation on! My problem is that of course the six keys are smaller and closer together than say on a braille writer or even my old braillelite 40. i'm sure I will get used to this but right now it

Re: braille display question

Cheryl, May I ask which Braille display you are using and what your thoughts are on its performance? Thank you Andrew On 30 Oct 2012, at 15:46, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, that is what I do: try not to stop until I get to the end of the word and have put the punctuation

Re: braille display question

I am using the Refreshabraille 18. I like its size: it's thick but small in length and width, from left to right it's about the size of the length of the iPhone 5 and from top to bottom it's maybe half the size of the length of the iPhone 5about as thick as a Victor Reader Stream, maybe a tiny

Re: braille display question

So, as with anything else, it takes practice to learn to do it efficiently. I now use the method to my advantage. For instance, a pause of a second can clear the buffer and permit me to use a contraction where it would not normally be expected. Work with the system rather than fighting it and

Re: braille display question

I use the same display with my iPhone. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 5:45, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: I am using the Refreshabraille 18. I like its size: it's thick but small in length and

Re: braille display question

Hi Scott, Yes, my understanding is that the delay is essentially eliminated when using Grade 1 braille. Les On Oct 30, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder if this is because of contracted Braille? I believe that is what I understood and using uncontracted

Re: braille display question

Using uncontracted braille does alleviate the problem. But (1) by using uncontracted braille you to at least some extent lessen the benefit of a six-key (eight actually) keyboard, and (2) if you are used to writing in grade two on a braille keyboard it takes some thought to write all

Re: braille display question

When in computer Braille mode, there is no delay because there is no translation buffer. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 10:49, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Scott, Yes, my understanding

Re: braille display question

I love this braille display. Am going to have to get me one when I can afford it. This method does work and I'm fluent in Braille. I love braille anyway I can get it. Rebecca and Zeb rilni...@gmail.com On Oct 30, 2012, at 4:37 PM, David Chittenden dchitten...@gmail.com wrote: I use the same

RE: braille display

You have several good options. Note, prices are approximate. Focus 40 blue from Freedom Scientific, $2,800 or their new 14 cell which I have not seen yet for about $1,300. Humanware has their Brailliant BI series in 32 or 40 cells. 32 cells $2,600 and 40 $3,000. HIMS has the Braille Edge,

Re: braille display

I really like my Alva BC640 with speech pack, and my RefreshaBraille 18 from APH. In both cases, I like the way the brailling keys feel. The RefreshaBraille has the added benefits of being not much larger than my iPhone, and it connects even when the phone is already unlocked. If my displays

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