Try going into keyboard help mode on the iPhone with Space with K, and press the Up and Down keys. See the holes in VoiceOver's driver for the thing. :) NVDA has no such faults, go figure. Devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com gemini://tilde.pink/~devinprater/
On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 2:49 PM Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote: > I have had the eReader from NLS made by Humanware for about three days. > > My impressions are below, in no particular order. > > 1. The neck strap is cheap and not at all comfortable. It is too skinny, > and made out of a very rough material. > > 2. There are two space bars that for me, are not positioned well. I use my > right thumb for pressing the space bar and I find its position slightly too > far to the right. > > 3. There are the 20 cursor routing buttons over each cell, but no markers > every 5 like on most displays with routing buttons. > > 4. The keyboard is ergonomically designed with the slight curve. The space > bars are below the braille cells, which is fine for me but I know some > people prefer the space bar closer to the keyboard. > > The keys have more play in them than I expected. They feel a little spongy. > > 5. The case makes it look like a hardback book. It opens just like a book > cover, with the spine on the back of the unit leaving the front thumb keys > exposed. The best word I can think of is, "cute." > > 6. The braille feels better to me than on the Humanware braille note touch > plus, but not quite as good as on the Orbit Readers. > > 7. It does not have a note taker, but can be connected to a computer or a > smart phone to be used as a braille keyboard. > > 8. The setup for Bluetooth devices is much like other Humanware > displays. It follows Humanware's logic, which is not my logic, but > following the instructions did work. > > 9. NLS BARD login and download is very straight forward. > > 10. Changing braille grades is slow. Press Space+g and you have to wait > about 6 or 7 seconds before the grade shows up, Then, once the one you want > is on the display, wait another 6 or 7 seconds for the display to go back > to what you were doing. > > 11. when used as a braille input device with an iPhone SE 2020, it works > pretty much as well as all displays work, which is very good. > > 12. The battery life seems to be maybe 6 or 8 hours, hard to be sure yet. > > 13. There is no internet browser, Wi-Fi is used for downloading BARD > books and updating the firmware. > > 14. The wi-Fi set up was pretty straight forward, as Humanware devices go. > > 15. I have not tried using it with the computer. > > 16. It takes approximately 20 seconds to start up and about 17 seconds to > shut down. Probably due to the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functions, I am not > sure. > > > > To get an eReader from NLS you have to contact your regional library for > the blind and sign up for braille materials, and then request the eReader. > If you already receive braille materials, simply contact them and ask how > to get sign up for an eReader if your library is participating in the > program that is.. > > At this point, it is still considered a pilot program and you have to > agree to participate in several surveys at 2, 4, and 6 months after > receiving the device and of course, to return it if you are not going to > use it. If you want, you can keep it after the pilot project is finished. > > Oregon seems to be getting the Humanware device; some states are getting > the one from Zoomax. > > There are YouTube videos walking through each device, settings, how to…, > etc.. > > Here is the physical description link for the Humanware device: > https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9336/ > > > > Here is the physical description link for the Zoomax device: > https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9653/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Richard > > Software means never having to say you're finished > > > > Web site: www.turner42.com > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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