Hello all, What helped me with more efficient input was to visualize the braille cell laid on its side, with dots 1 2 3 on the bottom, or facing the home button on your device if it's in portrait mode. Then dots 4 5 and 6 are above that. If I think of which fingers to use to create the dots for the first half of the cell, then those used for the second half of the cell, it made it easier to form the characters.
I still think a regular braille input is more efficient such as mBraille or the built-in braille screen input. Bob Hill Sent from Bob's Braille Sentce U2 ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordan_Radic4‡ <razbij...@gmail.com> To: viphone@googlegroups.com CC: Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 3:59 am Subject: Re: Braille Easy Keyboard > > > Hi! > It is pretty clear to me and I have to say I was playing with this app some > time ago and I didn't like it at all. Perhaps I've needed more practice with > it but my typing was slower than typing on a standard virtual keyboard so I > concluded I'll rather stick to it than using this kind of Braille input. If I > want to type Braille there are iOS Braille Input as well as MBraille. > I understand this app could be useful for onehanded or people who don't have > all fingers but I doubt they'll get faster doing this than typing on standard > keyboard. > It's quite inconvinient to have two gestures for typing single character as > it happens with one column characters, it just takes more time than sviping > to the desired key on virtual keyboard and onehanded can also do that, right? > > > S pocha^ffetovanjem > Gordan Radic > > > > 16.8.2016. u 8:02, Brett je napisao/la: > > Hi, > > > For me it works in either landscape or portrait > > > To calibrate the dots, just place and hold your three fingers on-screen for > about a second in any way you prefer. > > > To do a character the braille input is broken up per column. So you first > use your three fingers to create the dots in the first column, which include > dots 1 2 and 3. you then use your three fingers again to create the dots in > the second column, that being dots 4 5 and 6. For each input, you must > represent both columns, so dots 1 2 and 3 first followed by dots 4 5 and 6. > If a column has no dots in it, you represent this by doing a single finger > flick right. a space is signified by a single finger flick down. > > > For Example to enter the letter l followed by a space you would tap three > fingers on the screen to enter dots 1 2 and 3, (representing the dots in the > first column), then do a swipe right to enter an empty column, (representing > the dots in the second column), followed by a swipe down to enter the space. > > > An n would be entered as tapping dots 1 and 3 together (representing the dots > in the first column), followed by dots 1 and 2 together. (which actually > represent the dots 4 and 5 in the second column). > > > I get the concept but its still difficult to explain via email, so I hope the > above makes some sense. > > > Cheers, > > Brett. > > > On 8/16/2016 3:39 AM, 'RobH.' via VIPhone wrote: > > Ok, thisis going to depend on how well, remaining fingers operate. Can you > form all 3 digits into a line and tap on the desk? can > you isolate various combinations like thunb and third, or thumb and little > fingers, or just the two fingers? All that is enough to > make this work. > > I used to use type n braille when you entered two dots at a time from top to > bottom, now you enter 3 dots at a time from left to > right. I gather from the dialogue that swipe or flick right is for blank > dots or even the space. > > So, presuming we know which digit is going to be dot1, and by extension, dot > 4 afterwards, thisis just double-tapping with > different combinations of digits to form each character. Should become quite > intuative after a while. Assuming right hand use and > thumb as dot1/4, punctuation is going to concentrate on the 3/4th fingers. > > Like anything new, one has to think about it some, but for the sake of > knowing how the screen area is divided to register dots > pressed, it shouldn't be more complicated than that. > > Ps: does this work in landscape or portrait? > > RobH, thinks so. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 9:40 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Braille Easy Keyboard > > I also tried this and while I have no problems with their swipe gestures, > when I got to the point where they wanted me to start > practicing characters I was stumped. I must not understand their concept > quite yet. I became blind when I was 16 in an accident > which involved a home-built pipe bomb (don't worry, it had nothing to do with > terrorism or what most people associate with this sort > of stuff today, just stupid teenager stuff) and I had serious hand injuries. > As a result I only have thumb, ring finger and the > little finger on each hand which basically prevents me from using any other > braille keyboards. I can type on a Perkins or other > mechanical brailler as I can push dots 2 and 3 or 5 and 6 with one finger > together when I have to push all 3 dots on one side, but > I don't think this can work with braille keyboards on the iPhone. I thought > this Braille Easy may make it possible for me to use > braille input as it is supposed to work one-handed and on my right hand where > I have better use of the 3 fingers left I could use my > thumb together with the two other fingers. If anybody figures this one out > maybe they can explain it. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Candy Lowe > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 7:19 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Braille Easy Keyboard > > I downloaded the app and played with it for a bit. Applevis may do a podcast > today. I hope so because I couldn't get anywhere on > my own. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 14, 2016, at 1:47 PM, christopher hallsworth <challswor...@icloud.com> > wrote: > > Hello everyone. > > While I much prefer Braille Screen Input on iOS, I discovered with > interest a post on the Applevis website www.applevis.com about a > tutorial and third party keyboard app called Braille Easy. This app lets you > type Braille in one hand. This reminds me a lot of > another Braille typing application, TypeInBraille, except this one is I think > better because at least Braille Easy Keyboard can be > used system wide whereas TypeInBraille as of today cannot. The only drawback > is it cannot do contracted Braille, and the only > languages supported are English and Arabic. Having said that, it's > interesting. Oh by the way it is free compared to TypeInBraille > which is paid last I checked. Go search the app store for Braille Easy. 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