Hi Bob, You can also turn screen brightness to 0%. First of all this will save you a bit of battery and while it is possible to read text with brightness at 0, it is very difficult and somebody would have to be quite close.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of BrailleTouch Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 8:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Braille Touch Doesn't Work as I expected Bob, we do recommend turning the screen curtain on if you are concerned about this. This is in our FAQ: http://brailletouchapp.com/faq.html#a12 Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On 2/1/2013 10:01 PM, Robert Fenton wrote: > I agree with that suggestion. With holding the phone- as we do it with the application now, there is a potential security risk that people can read what you're writing on your iPhone if you failed to turn screen curtain on. That could be an issue for me down the road. > > Bob Fenton > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2013-02-01, at 11:31 AM, Kimber Gardner <kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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. 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