Hi, Yes, I've just confirmed that you can definitely do this. I have my phone lying flat on my computer desk with the home buttton to the right and just used a v-shaped finger arrangement to type with Braille Touch. It will still take some getting used to, as you do need to be careful about finger placement, but that v-shaped arrangement is an option if you don't want to hold the phone. I personally don't want to hold the phone if I don't have to, so this arrangement could work out well if the phone is lying on a desk or if I'm sitting with the phone resting in my lap.
Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: BrailleTouch To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 10:49 AM Subject: Re: BrailleTouch finger placement Hi Alan, It is not documented, but you can put your iPhone on a table and type with BrailleTouch sort of like on a Perkins, but with your fingers in the shape of a letter V. Several people have discovered this. Please try it and see if it works for you. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On 2/2/2013 9:34 AM, Alan Paganelli wrote: Caleb, perhaps an alternative keyboard should be added. My experience is, if I hold my iPhone higher about face high, my fingers get the correct dots most of the time but after awhile, holding the phone that gets tiring. How about using the phone on a table-top with the screen facing up and the fingers forming a letter V. The index fingers of both hands in the bottom center of the screen and the remaining fingers forming the rest of the V. Perhaps it could be called table top move and the normal way, hand-held. ----- Original Message ----- From: BrailleTouch To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 7:40 PM Subject: Re: BrailleTouch finger placement 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. 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