Greetings from BrailleTouch!
I am very excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be available on the
App Store on Thu Jan 31 worldwide. We offer a free trial version, which
lets you type in braille on your touchscreen and hear the letters or
words spoken as you type them. If you like BrailleTouch and find it
useful, you can purchase a full upgrade from the app which will allow
you to send text messages, tweets, and emails directly from the
touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy the text you type in
braille and paste it into any other app on your iPhone.
The trial version of BrailleTouch is free to download from the App
Store. The full upgrade is available for US$20 as an In-App Purchase.
However, in appreciation of the overwhelming support we have received
from the blind community, we are offering the full version for US$15
through Sunday February 3. We would like to express our gratitude to all
of the generous volunteers who tested the app, to Accessible Devices,
AppleVis, and Macneticos for their podcasts, and to everyone who has
emailed us and posted on the VIphone and AppleVis forums and Twitter
with helpful feedback.
You can read more about BrailleTouch including a User Guide and FAQ at
our website:http://brailletouchapp.com/
The initial version of BrailleTouch supports Grade 1 uncontracted
braille, based on the North American English standards. It includes
upper and lower case letters, numbers, and most punctuation. Grade 2
contracted braille is our top priority for a future upgrade. We also
hope to be able to support languages other than English in the future.
BrailleTouch requires iOS version 5 or later, and will run on iPhone 3Gs
or later and iPod touch 3rd generation or later. We recommend using a
case with your iPhone or iPod touch, as this will help you grip the
phone while typing and will keep you from covering the speaker on the
iPhone under the Home button with your hand. If you use headphones, we
recommend a right-angle headphone plug or Bluetooth headphones.
Feel free to forward this post to anyone you know who may be interested.
We welcome any questions, comments, or feedback you may have. When the
app comes out, we would love to hear your story about how you use
BrailleTouch. You can contact us at:http://brailletouchapp.com/contact.html
Many braille instructors have contacted us about using BrailleTouch as a
teaching tool. We hope the free version of BrailleTouch is helpful for
learning the six-key braille keyboard. If you are a braille instructor
or student, please let us know your experience using BrailleTouch.
We hope you like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Please download the
free version on Thursday and try it before you buy it. And let us know
what you think!
Best wishes,
Caleb
http://brailletouchapp.com/
http://twitter.com/brailletouch
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