Place the phone on the table in front of you. Now place your fingers on the
phone's touch screen. You should notice how the shape of all 4 fingers on each
hand kind of forms a V or think of it as a sea gull. Hope that helps.
----- Original Message -----
From: Cheryl Homiak
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: BrailleTouch finger placement
Okay, while I am typing fine when holding the phone, I don't think I am
understanding the V position for typing on a table. How do you do this without
having to turn both hands awkwardly in order to put them on the phone in the
right position? I know I just must not be conceptualizing it correctly.
Thanks.
--
Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
On Feb 2, 2013, at 2:00 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
>
>
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