I'll try to check into this further this week, as I'm also curious. I don't have one, but the agency I work for does.
Scott On 11/12/12, don bishop <w6...@donbishop.org> wrote: > Hi Mary, > > Yes the qwerty keyboard actually works quite well as an input device. > You're right about setting the u2 to uncontracted braille. As for the > commands, I'm not sure of them all because documentation is poor for > braille input anyway, and even worse for braille qwerty input, but the > keys I've found to work for executing commands are a combination of a > key on the keyboard and the fn key. Not sure if the windows key works > for some commands or not. > > Honestly, I haven't played with itt all that much but I have played a > bit with my u2 qwerty and iphone4s under ios6. > > Hopefully someone will document this stoff someday. <grin> > > Don > > > > On 11/12/2012 12:25 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >> Hi Richard, >> I had a query in to Hims but asked here at the same time, figuring they >> might be out for the holiday. Turns out they must be open, but the >> response I got was not entirely clear. You don't use the s d f etc keys to >> make braille dots as you do with the Apex qwerty. But with respect to >> navigation equivalents and functionality equivalent to the space plus >> braille dot combinations, the response was basically vague. It is >> apparently hit and miss and doesn't make much sense, but they're working >> on it. I didn't get any specific examples. The controls on the display >> itself apparently work the same. So this is apparently a real work in >> progress. Hims also recommends putting the u2 into grade 1 mode when >> entering text because of the well known issue with Apple back translating >> letters if you pause at the wrong place. That seems really unfortunate >> with a qwerty keyboard, where you're not typing braille. >> >> Mary >> >> Mary Otten >> motte...@gmail.com >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
