Richard, Now that is a pretty handy app and for a $1 I would get a lot of good information for so little. :) I might just have to grab that. :)
THanks Scott On Sep 16, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Richard Turner <richard.turne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Scott, Amy and others, > If you want a quick, easy way to look up braille codes you can't remember, > there is an app, made by someone I know, called Braille Reference, and is > $0.99 in the app store. > Under the computer braille section, if you select to search by name, it will > show you an alphabetical list of contractions. The At sign is the fourth one > in the list. He says "dots 7 and 4," which is correct. However, you can get > this if you are using contracted braille by doing space bar plus u for upper > case and then just a dot 4. > > He plans an update with visual images for the braille cells in the near > future and there are a couple of search things he needs to clean up, but it > is a handy tool for a lot of my braille students. > > HTH, > Richard > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Scott Howell > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 1:47 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Small braille keyboard/displays for iPhone > > David, > > Do you tend to use contracted more than uncontracted Braille? Also I think > I'm going to get one of those booklets that will help me remember how to make > an "at" @ symbol etc. I never used computer Braille. In fact until a year > ago or so I had not used Braille since I was in school which was a good > while ago. :) > I'm really looking to use my RefreshaBraille for more than just reading. :) > > On Sep 16, 2012, at 3:42 PM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> All braille displays work similarly with the iPhone. It is the iOS software >> which controls everything. The braille display is for viewing and the >> keyboard is for typing. Controls are more basic than with a braille note >> taker. >> >> I would be cautious about getting the HumanWare or vario displays. >> Connections can be more problematic do to the nature of the bluetooth driver >> stacks and controls in the HumanWare products. >> >> I have an Alva BC640 and a RefreshaBraille. Both work well with my iPhone. >> >> That said, I prefer the Refreshabraille because I can turn it on and off >> whilst my iPhone is unlocked and it connects and disconnects without >> difficulties. My Alva, on the other hand, requires that I lock my iPhone >> before I turn the Alva on. After the display is on, I unlock my iPhone and >> the Alva automatically connects. However, when I write in 8 dot computer >> braille, the Alva is easier because all 8 dots are in a row (40 cells gives >> more room for the keyboard). On the Refreshabraille, dots 7 and 8 are next >> to the spacebar, so harder to press dot 7 for capitalisation. >> >> National Braille Press, NBP, in the US has a braille brochure with the >> computer braille code. They also use to sell a book training on computer >> braille. In computer braille, the letters are the same, numbers are dropped >> to the lower part of the 6 dot cell (1 is dot 2, 2 is dots 2 3, 3 is dots 2 >> 5, Etc.), and there are unique symbols for each punctuation mark. Upper-case >> letters are the same as lower-case letters with dot 7 added. I write >> computer braille at the same speed that I write contracted braille. >> >> For large files, I find my iPhone 4 does better in 8 dot mode rather than >> contracted braille mode. Also, in contracted braille mode, iOS has a half >> second buffer. If you stop writing for half a second, whatever is in the >> buffer is translated and written to the field. Braille entry works whenever >> the keyboard is activated. Also, almost everything VO speaks is >> simultaneously displayed in braille. I regularly take notes in braille >> during meetings with speech muted. >> >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 17/09/2012, at 7:05, Amy Harris <aharr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Sharonda, thanks for the clarification, and thanks for the Essys 14 Kawal. >>> I knew that if I asked here I could get REAL help. You know, useful help. >>> *GRIN* >>> >>> I know that some braille displays are notetakers in and of themselves. >>> That's not really what I need. I need something more along the lines of >>> being able to turn off VoiceOver on my iDevice yet still use it through >>> braille while in a meeting. Does that eliminate any of these devices? I'd >>> also love a display that worked with iPhone apps like Pages, Messages, >>> Notes, Mail, Reminders, my grocery list app, and so on. 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