Intteresting that for one person something works, but for the next, not so much! I cannot be comfortable with the phone on a table, but lying on my chest with my fingers as Braille Touch explains, I am getting faster and faster. Guess that is the beauty of us all being different. Now if I could only stop the necessity of turning off VO off and on! Will do it as I love the app, but I wish I 'didN't have to do this before I start to type!
Reggie and Brooks On Feb 2, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Tom Lange <lang...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. 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