My only problem that I'm having is trying to hold the phone and type with BrailleTouch at the same time it is a work around to this with my hands that would be great
Sent from my iPhone On 02/02/2013, at 2:10 PM, BrailleTouch <viph...@brailletouchapp.com> wrote: > Hi Rob and everyone, > I'd like to try a suggestion for finding a good finger placement with > BrailleTouch for new users and people having trouble with certain characters. > Please let me know if this is helpful. > > When you open the touchscreen braille keyboard, first try to find the four > corners of the touchscreen. Let's assume you have not flipped the dots in the > Settings. First, type dot 1 for the letter A with your left index finger. > Move your finger toward the corner of the iPhone until you find the limits of > the touch sensitive area of the screen. Then type an apostrophe with your > left ring finger, dot 3. Move this finger toward that corner of the iPhone > until you find the limits. Now go back and forth with the letter A and the > apostrophe until you have comfortably and reliably located your left hand. > > Next, do the same thing with your right hand. Start with your right index > finger on dot 4 for the at-sign. Then locate your right ring finger on dot 6 > for the capital sign. Then check both the at-sign and the capital sign back > and forth until you've found a good position for your right hand. > > I am curious to know if this is helpful for anyone who is new to BrailleTouch > or anyone who is having trouble getting certain characters to work. Please > let me know. > > Thanks, > Caleb > http://brailletouchapp.com/ > > On 2/1/2013 3:04 PM, RobH! wrote: >> I think they're about half inch in, but there's some slack so absolute >> accuracy isn't critical; but can't afford to stray out of the area. I'd >> like our favourite producer adviser to give some idea of dimensions so we >> might get a better idea of finger spacing; I think that could betray us. >> Can one be too far up or down towards an edge and miss that button? >> >> Thanks, RobH. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Regina Alvarado" <reggie.alvar...@gmail.com> >> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:23 PM >> Subject: RE: Problems with BRAILLETOUCH >> >> >> Sorry Jen, I misspoke. I am not touching the all caps with my little finger >> but my ring finger. I am holding the phone with the screen away from me and >> my thumbs on top and little fingers holding the bottom in landscape. What I >> need to know, or perhaps this is just more practice, is how far do I put my >> Braille key fingers from the sides (top and bottom in portrait) into the >> screen to be able to touch the dots. Are they right above the home button >> on the right and just below the ear slit on the left or are they further >> into the screen? >> Reggie >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Jennie Facer >> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 5:06 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Problems with BRAILLETOUCH >> >> Hi, >> >> First of all, you don't hold your phone flat down on the table. Act as if >> you were going to take a picture of yourself with the back camera. now, put >> your palms on each end of the phone. now rest your fingers vertically on >> the screen. dots 1, 2, and 3 are your left. Dots 4, 5, and 6 are your >> right. I hope this makes some sense. Your hands have to be at each end of >> the screen. >> >> Write me off list if I can be of more helpp. >> >> Jenn >> >> Sent from my iPhone > > -- > 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.
