That looks very interesting. I'll play with it soon. Teresa
"Visualize whirled peas." On Nov 6, 2011, at 3:36 PM, Ed Worrell wrote: > Hello listers… I have found a pretty neat app for a typing allternitave. It > is called Type in braille, itunes link > is > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/typeinbraille/id474798075?ls=1 > Here is the Help Guied from the website to help you get started using the app > > http://www.everywaretechnologies.com/apps/typeinbraille/help > > TypeInBraille Help > > TypeInBraille is a mobile application that allows visually impaired users to > type using Braille symbols. To use TypeInBraille turn VoiceOver on. > > How to Enter a character > > In Braille, each cell consists of three rows. On each row there are two dots, > in one of these combinations: one raised dot on the left, one raised dot on > the right, two raised dots, no raised dot. > Four gestures are available to insert each row. You insert a Braille > character row by row. The iPhone touchscreen is vertically split into two > rectangles, one on the left, one on the right. The gestures are listed below. > > • One finger tap on the left rectangle: one raised dot on the left; > • One finger tap on the right rectangle: one raised dot on the right; > • Two finger tap: two dots; > • Three finger tap: no dot. > Whenever you insert three gestures, each one corresponding to a row of the > Braille cell, the character is entered. > > Example 1 > > Use the following gestures to enter the letter “a”: > > • one finger tap on the left rectangle; > • three finger tap; > • three finger tap. > Since some characters contain dots on the first and/or second row only, there > is one additional gesture to speed up typing: with the “one finger right > flick” you can specify that the character terminates. For example, you can > also enter the letter “a” as follows, using two gestures only: > > • one finger tap on the left rectangle; > • one finger right flick. > Example 2 > > Let’s see another example with the letter “f”. Use the following gestures to > insert the letter “f”: > > • two finger tap; > • one finger tap on the left rectangle; > • three finger tap. > You can also insert the letter “f” as follows: > > • two finger tap; > • one finger tap on the left rectangle; > • one finger right flick. > Note that you can tap with two fingers wherever on the touchscreen. You are > not required to tap with one finger on the left rectangle and the other > finger on the right rectangle. > > Example 3 > > Use the following gestures to insert the letter “l”: > one finger left tap; > one finger left tap; > one finger left tap. > Note that you can tap three times on the same position to save time. > > How To: Insert a Blank Space or a New Line > > Since a blank space is a Braille cell without any dot, you can insert it by > repeating three times the three finger tap. Alternatively, and much faster, > you can make the one finger right flick gesture. > > To enter a new line, use this gesture: one finger down flick. > > List of Braille characters > > In the following we report the combination of gestures needed to enter the > characters. > > • a | one finger left tap, one finger right flick > • b | one finger left tap, one finger left tap, one finger right flick > • c | two finger tap, one finger right flick > • d | two finger tap, one finger right tap, one finger right flick > • e | one finger left tap, one finger right tap, one finger right flick > • f | two finger tap, one finger left tap, one finger right flick > • g | two finger tap, two finger tap, one finger right flick > • h | one finger left tap, two finger tap, one finger right flick > • i | one finger right tap, one finger left tap, one finger right flick > • j | one finger right tap, two finger tap, one finger right flick > • k | one finger left tap, three finger tap, one finger left tap > • l | one finger left tap, one finger left tap, one finger left tap > • m | two finger tap, three finger tap, one finger left tap > • n | two finger tap, one finger right tap, one finger left tap > • o | one finger left tap, one finger right tap, one finger left tap > • p | two finger tap, one finger left tap, one finger left tap > • q | two finger tap, two finger tap, one finger left tap > • r | one finger left tap, two finger tap, one finger left tap > • s | one finger right tap, one finger left tap, one finger left tap > • t | one finger right tap, two finger tap, one finger left tap > • u | one finger left tap, three finger tap, two finger tap > • v | one finger left tap, one finger left tap, two finger tap > • w | one finger right tap, two finger tap, one finger right tap > • x | two finger tap, three finger tap, two finger tap > • y | two finger tap, one finger right tap, two finger tap > • z | one finger left tap, one finger right tap, two finger tap > • . | three finger tap, three finger tap, one finger left tap > • , | three finger tap, one finger left tap, three finger tap > • ? | three finger tap, one finger left tap, one finger right tap > • ‘ | three finger tap, three finger tap, one finger right tap > • : | three finger tap, two finger tap, three finger tap > • ; | three finger tap, one finger left tap, one finger left tap > • ” | one finger right tap, three finger tap, three finger tap > • # | one finger right tap, one finger right tap, two finger tap > • $ | one finger right tap, three finger tap, one finger right tap > How To: Enter a Capital Letter > > To write a capital letter, enter the “capital letter sign” ($) followed by > the letter. > > Example > > Enter capital “A”. > First enter the gestures for the capital letter sign: > > • one finger right tap; > • three finger tap; > • one finger right tap. > Then, enter the gestures for “a”: > > • one finger left tap; > • one finger right flick. > When you enter a capital letter, the following letter will be lower case. For > example, if you type the capital letter symbol followed by “a” and “b”, the > result is an capital “a” followed by a lower case “b”. > > How To: Enter a Number > > To write a number, enter the “number sign” (#) followed by the sequence of > lowercase letters from “a” to “j” which correspond to the digits (“a”=1, > “b”=2, … “j”=0). > > Example > > Enter the number 12. > First enter the gestures for the “number sign”: > > • one finger right tap; > • one finger right tap; > • two finger tap. > Then, enter the gestures for the letter “a” corresponding to digit “1″ > followed by “b” corresponding to digit “2″: > > • one finger left tap; > • one finger right flick; > • one finger left tap; > • one finger left tap; > • one finger right flick. > Observe that you do not need to re-enter the “number sign” for each digit: as > long as you type a letter from ‘a’ to ‘j’ a comma or period you remain in the > “numeric mode” and digits will be inserted. When you type any other character > (a blank space, for example) you will return in the “letter mode” and can > insert letters again. > > How To: Delete or Cancel > > There is a single gesture that can be used to delete the previous character > entered and to cancel the character that is currently being entered. This > gesture is the one finger left flick. If you are in the process of inserting > a character, this gesture cancels the character being entered. If you did not > start inserting a character, this gesture deletes the last inserted character. > > Example > > I want to enter the letter “h”. The right sequence of gestures is: > > • one finger left tap; > • two finger tap; > • three finger tap. > I start making the following gestures: > > • one finger left tap; > • one finger left tap; > I realize the mistake. I should have entered a two finger tap gesture. > I cancel all the gestures entered for the current symbol by making a one > finger left flick gesture. > I start again to enter the letter “h”. > > How To: Navigate the Text > > Use the rotor gesture to enter “navigation mode”. In “navigation mode” you > can use left and right flicks to move the focus in the text as follows: > > • One finger left or right flicks move the cursor, character by > character, on the left or on the right, respectively. > • Two finger left or right flicks move the cursor, word by word, on the > left or on the right, respectively. > • Three finger left flick moves to the beginning of the text, while the > three finger right flick moves the cursor to the end of the text. > How To: Select Text > > Use the rotor gesture to enter in the “selection mode”. In “selection mode” > you move the cursor and select the text that is between the original position > of the cursor (i.e., before you entered in the “selection mode”) and the > current position of the cursor. The gestures that move the cursor are the > same as the gestures used in the “navigation mode”: > > • One finger left or right flicks select the character on the left or > on the right of the cursor, respectively. > • Two finger left or right flicks select the word on the left or on the > right of the cursor, respectively. > • Three finger left flick selects text from the beginning to cursor, > while the three finger right flick selects text from the cursor to the end of > the text. > How To: Use the Menu (Copy, Cut and Paste, Send Text) > > Open the menu with the one finger up flick. From the menu, choose the copy, > cut and paste commands. Observe that the copy and cut commands require that > some text is selected. When you paste some text, it will be inserted in the > current position of the cursor. > > From the menu, you can also choose to send the text to the clipboard, via > e-mail or via text message. If you send the text to the clipboard you can > paste it in another iPhone application (e.g. Notes). Note that, when you send > text via e-mail or text message, you can choose the message recipient either > from the Contacts or by writing the destination address through the iPhone > QWERTY keyboard, not through the TypeInBraille text-entry system. > > > > Enjoy Ed > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
