No, about a quarter second between right and left. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone
> On 10 Oct 2015, at 02:21, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > When you say quick, how quick is quick? Are we talking almost drum roll > quick? > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehg...@icloud.com> > To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 9:09 AM > Subject: Re: Incredibly irritating problem with braille input on I O S > > > Sorry, that would have been helpful. <smile> It's simple, but you have to do > it fast: put your right three fingers down, then lift them and put your left > three fingers down, then lift them. Too slow and you type 4 5 6, 1 2 3, but > so long as you type both characters in rapid succession, you'll hear an > announcement about the dots being calibrated, at which point you type like > normal. >> On Oct 9, 2015, at 08:35, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> OK, so then, how do you do it? >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehg...@icloud.com> >> To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 12:27 AM >> Subject: Re: Incredibly irritating problem with braille input on I O S >> >> >> Calibration is a good point, as it might help resolve the problems Chris is >> running into. Once you get it down, you likely won't need to do it; I did it >> a good amount last year when BSI was new, but I haven't done it at all in >> months. I'm on the 5, though, and that's my only input source, so it's hard >> to get lost or move my fingers on such a small screen. Every user and device >> will be different, and calibration is, for Chris and anyone else running >> into problems, worth trying. >>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 00:25, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I forgot to mention: >>> >>> I almost always use away mode on the iPhone, and table-top mode on the iPad. >>> I hold the phone between my thumbs on the side with the mute switch and the >>> pinkys on the opposite side. Note: beware with the 6 and 6+ not to press >>> against the power button with the pinky. >>> I always do the dot position calibration before I start brailling as >>> fingers always shift a little. >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On 9 Oct 2015, at 17:07, Blee Blat <bleeb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I've been reading this thread and I'm trying this out but I have large >>>> hands and long fingers and a 5s and I'm not sure how to hold the phone to >>>> comfortably reach the dots. So it's clearly something you have to screw >>>> with for more than 30 seconds to get to work but I could see where it >>>> could be a really efficient input method at least until they fix the other >>>> input lag issues. The default keyboard is reliable but slow and I'd prefer >>>> this to dictation. So maybe I just need to waste a few charge cycles >>>> beating on it until I figure out the coordination? >>>> I'm going to upgrade the phone at some point for the fatter battery and >>>> larger screen and quicker processor but that still doesn't negate the >>>> question. It's good of you to remind us that this is efficient. Not so >>>> sure about UEB but I might talk to you off list about that as it's >>>> possible that one is user error but it sure seems to have made a mess of >>>> this logic textbook lol >>>> :) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> mehg...@icloud.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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