And this, folks, is a prime example of why we need UEB. I wish Bana wasn't taking their sweet time on the transition. Hopefully the UK will be onboard sometime soon as well.
Scott On 1/4/13, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Actually I kind of like typeinbraille but I think I will be much faster with > BrailleTouch. > > -- > 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 Jan 4, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Lisette Wesseling <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Chris >> I have this app and never use it because I find the order of having to >> write in cumbersome. >> >> That said, there are actually various braille standards around the world >> and some of the symbols this app uses are correct for those standards. For >> example, in many European countries the capital sign is dots 46 and the >> period is dot 3. I wonder if this app was designed with them in mind? >> As far as I know though, semicolon is dots 23 in American or English >> braille. I think question mark might be the th sign. >> It's not an app designed for English grade Two use which is why I never >> use it. I don't know about the brackets sorry. >> >> If I were you, I'd hold off until the braille touch app becomes available >> in the app store this month. >> www.brailletouchapp.com is the website I believe. >> >> Type in braille is, like many of these braille apps, an interesting idea >> which doesn't really work in practice. >> Just my opinion. I haven't read the review but would probably disagree >> with it from the sound of what you say. >> >> Lisette >> >> On 5/01/2013, at 12:50 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" >> <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> OK, I was all? most! convinced to buy this app after hearing David's >>> review on AppleVis. Before I go any further, let me just say that I'm >>> referring to the TypeInBraille I O S app. So again, this is for I O S, >>> not for O S X. >>> >>> I then heard a few things which really! were deal breakers. I'm just >>> wonderring if someone can answer a few questions, and maybe help me >>> understand the logic of a few things. >>> >>> First, the logic side of it: >>> >>> 1. dot 3 is a period? Huh? I thought that a period would be dots 2, 5, >>> 6 in grade 2 braille, or in computer braille, would be dots 4 6. So >>> then, how do you make an apostrophy which normally is! dot 3, both in >>> grade 2, as well as in computer braille? OK, this leads me to the next >>> point. >>> >>> 2. Dots 4 6 is a capital letter? I thought 4 6 was a period in computer >>> braille, and in grade 2, if written by itself was the bold face >>> indicator. >>> >>> 3. Slash is a low d? 2, 4, 5? I thought that was the number 4 in >>> computer braille, or a period in grade 2 or a dd sign if in the middle of >>> a word, or d i s sign at the beginning of a word. >>> >>> 4. Semicolon is dots 2 3? Wut? I thought 2 3 was a bb sign in grade 2, >>> or in computer braille was the number 2. >>> >>> 5. Dot 5 is an at simmble? I thought that was dot 4. More >>> specifically, I always learned it as dot 4 A. >>> >>> Now for my questions. >>> >>> 1. Can we not type in grade 2 and have it translate? >>> 2. How do I type an exclaimation mark? >>> 3. If dot 5 is the at simble, then how do I do my quote marks? Is that >>> still low h to start, and low j to end like in grade 2? >>> >>> 4. How do I do a question mark? >>> 5. Are my left and right parenthesis still written with the o f sign, >>> and the with sign or do I do that more like grade 2, with low g both >>> ways, etc. >>> >>> I dono... There are just enough things here that do not seem to follow >>> correct braille standard from what I can see, that I really am not >>> totally sure until I understand why they couldn't have incorporated >>> correct braille characterization that make this a major! major major! >>> deal breaker for me. Plus, I'd like to know if grade 2's an option. If >>> it is, and someone can explain to me why such strange ways of writing >>> some a those characters, then? I might! key word, might! consider buying >>> it, but I need some clarification first. I'm not trying to complain, >>> believe me. It's just that when I've been tought correct braille, it's >>> very confusing trying to change to another form which may as wel almost >>> be it's own seperet braille table in itself. Maybe I'm just too picky, I >>> dono, but I'd rather it be done correctly, ya know? >>> >>> Thank you kindly, >>> >>> Christopher-Mark Gilland. >>> Founder of CLG Productions >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > -- > 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. 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