I would also like to be able to put it on a flat surface. I found it awkward to type with the way you have to hold the phone and use your fingers to type. I feel like there's more potential for dropping the phone.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimber Gardner Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 11:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille Touch Doesn't Work as I expected I have to agree. Since my biggest problem with this app is holding the phone and typing accurately I would love to see an option to reallign the keys in the perkins style even if that means having to place the phone on a flat surface to input. Kim On 2/1/13, Jose Lomeli <jose.lome...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know what you mean. It's not how I thought it would be! > > Sent from my iPod > > On Feb 1, 2013, at 10:24 AM, 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. > > > -- Kimberly -- 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.
