Braille Touch works quite well for typing with VO on. No reason to turn VO off.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 03/02/2013, at 11:34, Regina Alvarado <reggie.alvar...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. 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. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > -- > 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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