I agree as well. The vertical lay-out and the requirement to face the phone outward are spatially confusing, and the unavailability of Grade 2 braille can cause one who is used to writing in Grade 2 to make lots of mistakes. Since developers are also on this list, I wonder if they can comment on whether a horizontal orientation is possible and, if so, what kind of priority can be given to making such a change as well as when we might expect Grade 2 to be added. Thanks. Penny
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 1, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com> wrote: > > Hello Jonathan. > > I'd like to agree with you about the repositioning of how you might put your > fingers. Only because, earlier, myfingers began to ache and I am worried > that one might get RSI. I don't want to be sceptical, but, we need our hands > as for us all, our hands are important to us due to our inability to see. > > Kawal. > On 1 Feb 2013, at 06:24 PM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, I didn't hear the podcasts on Braille Touch before release, but >> thought I'd download it and have a play. The fact that you can try the app >> before purchase is excellent. >> >> I am a lifelong Braille user and input in Braille every day. And I think >> this is my problem. When I heard about Braille Touch, I imagined that you >> would input Braille in the same way that you would on a Perkins or >> refreshable Braille display that offers a keyboard. But really you don't. On >> such products, the keys are aligned horizontally. Perhaps there's a little >> diagonal placement for the sake of ergonomics, but fundamentally they are >> horizontal. With Braille Touch, however, dost 1, 2 and 3 are under each >> other. This is how they obviously appear when reading the cell, but not when >> you're inputting. So people who do a lot of input on refreshable Braille >> displays are going to have to remember to Braille as the cell looks, not as >> they would on a Braille device. >> >> I wonder if making the dots horizontal could be a future setting. I think >> there's enough screen space for this to work, and I know for my part I'd >> find it more intuitive because of the amount of Brailling I do on other >> devices. >> >> Congrats to the developers on the app. >> >> Jonathan >> >> -- >> 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 Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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 Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
