So Rob was quoting from the old website, correct? And this maybe explains why the podcaster also gave the opposite directions to what the welcome screen was saying. Well, thank you, this does restore some sense of sanity.
-- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Jan 7, 2013, at 10:28 AM, BrailleTouch <viph...@brailletouchapp.com> wrote: > Cheryl and Rob, > > I would like to apologize for any confusion about the orientation of > BrailleTouch. The website previously had the wrong wording based on an > earlier prototype, and I have since corrected it. I'm sorry about that. > > The orientation will hopefully become much clearer when the app is released > and you can actually try it out. But I will do my best to explain it here. > > The standard orientation of BrailleTouch is in landscape, with the screen > facing away from you, and the home button on your right. This will work for > everyone. Please note that, because VoiceOver does not know you have your > screen facing away, it will announce "Landscape. Home button on the left." > > When you have the app, you can easily verify the orientation by typing an A > with your left index finger. If VoiceOver says "A", everything is good. If > VoiceOver says "Capital" it thinks you pressed dot 6, so you can flip the > phone over to the other landscape orientation. Of course you also have the > Home button as a tactile landmark, which you can feel with your right hand if > you are holding it in the standard orientation. > > If you do not lock your phone in portrait mode, BrailleTouch will work in > both landscape orientations. You are free to flip it either way, and the > keyboard will rotate for you. > > I hope this helps. This is harder to explain in words than it actually is to > do in practice. > > Best, > Caleb > http://brailletouchapp.com/ > > On 1/7/2013 11:10 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: >> Rob: >> Where on the web page did you get your quote? This is just plain weird and >> extremely confusing. Here I am copying and pasting from the website from the >> link that says "user guide" but I put quotes around it. i copied and pasted >> this quote less than five minutes ago. >> >> "Now pick up your phone and turn it in landscape orientation, with the long >> side going from left to right. Flip the phone around so the screen is facing >> away from you, with the Home button on your right." >> >> Now here is what you apparently took from the website: >> >>> "Now pick up your phone and turn it in landscape orientation, with the long >>> side going from left to right. Flip the phone around so the screen is facing >>> away from you, with the Home button on your left." >> Anybody can see, hear or read with their fingers that these two quotes, both >> purportedly taken from the website's user guide, are exactly opposite in >> their placement of the home button! What is going on here? Even though I am >> looking forward to the introduction of this app and plan to try and probably >> buy it, i am becoming rather unimpressed with the confusion around this >> topic. Then throw in Caleb's comment that it only matters which way the home >> button is if you have your phone locked in portrait mode and you add another >> layer of confusion. >> >> >>> >> > > -- > 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.
