Hi Brandon, What I was trying to say is that I recommend typing with uncontracted Braille. I also changed my typing feedback to characters under hardware keyboards and then it would tell me what I was backspacing. I hope this helps a little bit. I gave up and went back to my trusty Bluetooth keyboard. Lol.
Jenn Jenn and Kumi > On Mar 22, 2022, at 2:05 PM, Brandon A. Olivares <programmer2...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > So what do you recommend then? I just got my wife an orbit writer and I'm a > bit nervous about this if backspacing is buggy. > >> On Mar 22, 2022, at 4:00 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@outlook.com> >> wrote: >> >> I'm not quite following your message, but like I said, if you're using >> contracted braille, VoiceOver will get confused when you start back spacing. >> >> -- >> Christopher (AKA CJ) >> Chaltain at Outlook >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of >> Jennie Facer >> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 1:22 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Orbit Writer >> >> Wow! When I changed my typing feedback to characters, my Orbit writer does >> tell me what I am backspacing, but it does something rather weird. When I >> backspace something, it puts in wesrd characters. I'm playing with it now >> trying to figure it out. When I typed in characters andthen backspaced it, >> it entered weird things. It now is working fine, but that was definitely >> weird. I'll play with this more later and let you know. >> >> Justenn >> >> Jenn and Kumi >> >>>> On Mar 22, 2022, at 12:12 PM, Jennie Facer <jennie.fa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> For some reason, I can't get the Orbt writer to tell me what I am >>> backspacing. I may toy turning my settings to words or something to see if >>> that works, but for now, I can't tell what I'm writing. >>> >>> jenn >>> >>> Jenn and Kumi >>> >>>> On Mar 21, 2022, at 2:16 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@outlook.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> My Orbit Writer does announce what I'm deleting when I backspace. I can't >>>> track down a setting that would change this though. I will say though that >>>> if you're using contracted braille then the Orbit Writer will get confused >>>> when you start backspacing. You can avoid this by using uncontracted >>>> braille or switching to the on screen keyboard to do your deleting. >>>> >>>> I was also just looking through my Orbit Writer documentation, and another >>>> misconception I'd like to clear up is that you can connect your Orbit >>>> Writer through the braille support in VoiceOver, but you can also connect >>>> it as a keyboard through the Bluetooth settings. I don't do this myself, >>>> but I know some expressed a concern about having to go through the >>>> VoiceOver settings to pair the Orbit Writer. Obvoiusly, if you skip >>>> VoiceOver then you'll be losing out on functionality you only get through >>>> VoiceOver. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Christopher (AKA CJ) >>>> Chaltain at Outlook >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of >>>> Brandon A. Olivares >>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 4:06 PM >>>> To: VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>> Subject: Re: Orbit Writer >>>> >>>> Please let me know about the backspace thing, as I'd think that could get >>>> annoying. >>>> >>>> Brandon >>>> >>>>>> On Mar 2, 2022, at 4:22 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@outlook.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hmm, I'll have to take a look, but I'd think this could be changed in >>>>> IOS's keyboard or braille settings. >>>>> >>>>> I too love my Orbit Writer. I like the fact that I can pair it to >>>>> multiple devise and then switch between them. The only thing I thought >>>>> was a challenge, and this isn't the fault of the device itself, is all of >>>>> the keyboard commands I tried to learn to replace any on screen gesture I >>>>> might use. There's just a lot of them and there's only so much Apple and >>>>> Orbit can do to make them intuitive. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Christopher (AKA CJ) >>>>> Chaltain at Outlook >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of >>>>> Jennie Facer >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 10:51 AM >>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: Re: Orbit Writer >>>>> >>>>> The only thing I did not like about the Writer is that when i backspaced >>>>> something, it would not tell me what i was deleting. Other than that, I >>>>> love it! >>>>> >>>>> Jenn >>>>> >>>>> Jenn and Kumi >>>>> >>>>>>> On Mar 2, 2022, at 8:29 AM, Brandon A. Olivares >>>>>>> <programmer2...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been seeing discussion of the Orbit Reader on the list. This >>>>>> prompted me to look up the product as I had never heard of it before. >>>>>> >>>>>> That's when I discovered the Orbit Writer. 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