On the contrary, your explanation is really good and has made me curious enough to go and grab the app to take it for a spin.
My touch typing on the phone is improving steadily, but sometimes I wish I were faster and, yeah, more accurate. If this app can do that for me then it will have won me over. Thanks Sandy. Kimber On 5/30/12, Sandy Finley <finleykn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kim, I downloaded this app. I had the same impression as you but as I > worked > with it more I began to see that it really is not as labor intensive as I > thought. I don't think that the online demo is as effective as it could > have been. > > First off you have to turn the Braille cell on its side. Don't think of it > as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; rather, 1, 4; 2, 5; 3, 6. You need to tell the app > what > you want to do with all three of those rows for each letter. > A one-finger tap in a row says you want one dot; two fingers says two dots > in that row and a three-finger tap says no dots in that row. So the way he > describes A initially is: > 1 one-finger tap for the top row > One three-finger tap for the second row > One three-finger tap for the third. > > But all you really need to do is the one one-finger tap and then flick one > finger to the right. This gesture tells Type-In-Braille that you are done > with that character. This speeds you up considerably. > B is two one-finger taps followed by a one-finger right flick. > C is a two-finger tap, just like a Braille c, followed by the right flick. > > It takes some practice; K, for instance, is tricky. But I also like the > way > I can edit in it, going back and forth, one letter or word at a time. It > tells me what I am deleting, unlike VO on the phone keypad. > > Type-InBraille is meant only for typing text which is then selected and > copied into something else, like an e-mail or Facebook. You cannot do > e-mail > addresses or type in search boxes. > > > I am so far finding this faster than typing on the keypad on the phone. > > Sorry for this long explanation; HTH. > > Sandy > > C is tapping two fingers at the same time for the top row (just like a C) > followed by a one-finger flick right. From: viphone@googlegroups.com > [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimber Gardner > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 4:57 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: typing on the phone > > I'd like to hear from people who are using this app. I was intrigued when I > read the description, but after listening to the demo,my initial impression > is that it's a rather labor-intensive way of inputting text. > > Anyone have any real-world feedback to share? > > Kimber > > On 5/29/12, EWTEch Accessibility <accessibil...@ew-tech.it> wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> we are the Accessibility Team of EveryWare Technologies, the >> developers of TypeInBraille app. >> We'd like to know what do you think about our app and if you consider >> it as a good solution to type on your mobile device. >> >> For those who want to get more information about TypeInBraille: >> http://www.everywaretechnologies.com/apps/typeinbraille >> >> Thank you >> >> >> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Jeremiah Rogers >> <jeremiahzrog...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >> >>> Hi CJ. The initial appeal to me of touch typing was just as you >>> described - I liked not having to hunt for te next letter. I did well >>> at immediately finding the next letter I wanted. Unfortunately >>> though, I seem to be missing the letter on the first try more often >>> now than I used to. I'm also intrigued by the thumb thing. Will try >>> that when I've more time. >>> >>> Jeremiah >>> >>> >>> On 5/21/12, Rob Harris <bobs...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> > Depends if the tapper is likely to hit the edge of the screen, then >>> > we >>> have >>> > to swap or change angle dramatically, and have to do a certain >>> > amount >>> even >>> > when touch typing as control type keys need it regardless. - shift, >>> return, >>> > More numbers/letter/other, etc. >>> > >>> > But a recent theme about double thumb typing offered an interesting >>> > deviation in which case covering half the kb each, the appropriate >>> > thumb hunts and the other taps, and vicerVersa. >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: "Jeremiah Rogers" <jeremiahzrog...@gmail.com> >>> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:35 PM >>> > Subject: Re: typing on the phone >>> > >>> > >>> > One question for you split tappers, any tips for when to switch the >>> > duties of fingers? Do you have certain letter combos, certain >>> > words, etc where you just know you're tapper will become the >>> > hunter? Just having sent a couple texts with the split tap method, >>> > that's the only thing that seemed odd. >>> > >>> > I've learned much from this typing discussion. Initially, I loved >>> > the touch typing method, but it seems to me that iOS has gotten >>> > less responsive, even across hardware, than I remember it being >>> > when I got my first iOS device most of two years ago. It may just >>> > be my expectations, but I remember touch typing faster, and more >>> > accurately, when I got that device than I can now. Prompted by this >>> > thread, I'm trying out the split tap method and am quite intrigued. >>> > >>> > Jeremiah Z. Rogers >>> > Mobile: 704-996-5334 >>> > Email: jeremiahzrog...@gmail.com >>> > >>> > >>> > On 5/19/12, Jane <juanitatig...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> I've found that typingwith both index fingers in portrait work >>> >> using >>> touch >>> >> typing works reallly well. I'm not a whiz at it, but it's working. >>> >> >>> >> Jane >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On May 19, 2012, at 5:29 AM, Rob Harris wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> Ok, just trying this thumbs thing, so got the phone sideways, >>> >>> so hand over >>> >>> the one main speaker outlet; so couldn't hear it. Moved hands a >>> >>> bit, >>> >>> now >>> >>> doesn't hold very comfortably; but got a text donein the end. >>> >>> Once >>> you >>> >>> learn a thing one way, there needs to be a darned good motivation >>> >>> to >>> undo >>> >>> it >>> >>> and learn it another. >>> >>> >>> >>> RobH. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> >>> From: "Holly" <thistleshamrock2...@gmail.com> >>> >>> To: "VIPhone" <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>> >>> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 2:09 AM >>> >>> Subject: Re: typing on the phone >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I usually type with my thumbs, but sometimes with my right index >>> >>> finger. I became accustomed to typing with my thumbs while using >>> >>> a querty keyboard on an android. I have used a home row on a >>> >>> computer since age nine, so learning to locate keys with my >>> >>> thumbs was not too hard. I am not very fast, but it works. 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