Reminder that BrailleTouch goes up in price tomorrow

2013-02-03 Thread Alex Hall
I know this is a bit off topic for this list, but many of us have iOS devices on here. Don't forget that today is the last day to get BrailleTouch for $15; tomorrow it goes up to $20. If you are on the fence about upgrading, consider taking the plunge today, since that same plunge tomorrow

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-02-01 Thread Lisette Wesseling
know > if that will help for sure because I changed both settings at the same time, > but it's worth a try, and I hope it helps. > > Tammy > > -Original Message- From: Lisette Wesseling > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 2:29 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegro

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-02-01 Thread Chris H
It takes a bit to get used to, and there's always the advanced mode that reverses the dots if that feels better to you. hth Tammy -Original Message- From: Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:07 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: BrailleTouch: St

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-02-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
s. > > Tammy > > -Original Message- From: Lisette Wesseling > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 2:29 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! > > Hi all > I'm wondering if others are finding the re

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-02-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
emails, you can email right from the app. If it is the signature you > don't like, go to settings, BrailleTouch and disable it. I just tried it and > my regular signature was there when I emailed. > On Feb 1, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > >> Well, I find tha

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-02-01 Thread Alex Hall
h settings at the same time, > but it's worth a try, and I hope it helps. > > Tammy > > -Original Message- From: Lisette Wesseling > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 2:29 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irri

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-02-01 Thread Tammy
y 01, 2013 2:29 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! Hi all I'm wondering if others are finding the response times in this app a little slow? I have it set to echo words only, and I have to wait about a second after pressing space t

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-02-01 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, I have what I think are large hands and I can type with BrailleTouch just fine. So, maybe it's more about finger placement with you than finger size. That, or you just want to brag about the size of your hands. . -- Raul A. Gallegos "People think it must be fun to be a super g

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-02-01 Thread Alex Hall
mail right from the app. If it is the signature you don't like, go to settings, BrailleTouch and disable it. I just tried it and my regular signature was there when I emailed. On Feb 1, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Well, I find that very strange indeed. Like I said, I

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-02-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
gt;>> the app, and have very good results with it. It really does increase speed >>> even more than fleksie does. Just keep trying and be patient. It takes a >>> bit to get used to, and there's always the advanced mode that reverses the >>> dots if that feel

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-02-01 Thread Alex Hall
you. >> >> hth >> >> Tammy >> >> -Original Message- From: Christopher-Mark Gilland >> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:07 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! >> >

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-02-01 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
xcept weekends and holidays. - Original Message - From: "Lisette Wesseling" To: Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:48 PM Subject: Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! I wonder if it has to do with whether a phone case has a raised border? Mine doesn't, but my h

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-02-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
verses the >>> dots if that feels better to you. >>> >>> hth >>> >>> Tammy >>> >>> -Original Message- From: Christopher-Mark Gilland >>> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:07 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegro

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-02-01 Thread Chris H
rying and be patient. It takes a bit to get used to, and there's always the advanced mode that reverses the dots if that feels better to you. hth Tammy -Original Message- From: Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:07 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sub

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Lisette Wesseling
t; > Tammy > > -Original Message- From: Christopher-Mark Gilland > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:07 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! > > The odd thing is just as I started getting it to work consiste

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Tammy
013 7:07 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! The odd thing is just as I started getting it to work consistently, I put the phone down for not even a matter to just eat dinner, come back, and now, even holding the phone correctly, I'

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Lisette Wesseling
-Free: 1-888-405-3185 > Mon-Fri 8A.M-5P.M Eastern Standard Time except weekends and holidays. > - Original Message - From: "Cheryl Homiak" > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:10 PM > Subject: Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! > > > It&#x

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Danny Noonan
nd holidays. > - Original Message - From: "Alex Hall" > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:11 PM > Subject: Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! > > > That's just crazy! Not you, Chris, but what the app is doing. It sounds like > som

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
;Alex Hall" To: Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:43 PM Subject: Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! Try this: put your fingers so that your middle is in front of your index and ring fingers, almost like the shape of a full-sized braille notetaker's keyboard, but, of co

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
: "Alex Hall" To: Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:43 PM Subject: Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! Try this: put your fingers so that your middle is in front of your index and ring fingers, almost like the shape of a full-sized braille notetaker's keyboard,

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Alex Hall
gt; Phone: 803-760-7136 > Toll-Free: 1-888-405-3185 > Mon-Fri 8A.M-5P.M Eastern Standard Time except weekends and holidays. > - Original Message - From: "Alex Hall" > To: > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:11 PM > Subject: Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
stern Standard Time except weekends and holidays. - Original Message - From: "Alex Hall" To: Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:11 PM Subject: Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! That's just crazy! Not you, Chris, but what the app is doing. It sounds like som

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
anuary 31, 2013 8:10 PM Subject: Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! It's not a matter of oppinion or agreeing or disagreeing with this point. If some people are getting consistent results and others aren't, there is a reason/reason or bug/bugs that has to be found. If two peo

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Alex Hall
That's just crazy! Not you, Chris, but what the app is doing. It sounds like something's wrong somewhere. Have you removed it from your app switcher and re-launched it? Removed it and restarted the phone completely? Again, I don't doubt your results, but I've not experienced them and I have seen

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Cheryl Homiak
It's not a matter of oppinion or agreeing or disagreeing with this point. If some people are getting consistent results and others aren't, there is a reason/reason or bug/bugs that has to be found. If two people use the same app and the app behaves the same and one likes it and the other doesn'

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Gucukoglu" To: Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:13 PM Subject: Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! Chris, Are you on Skype? I have got the braille touch working thanks to you. However, I've changed the way I hold the phone. Kawal. On 1 Feb 2013, at 00:07, Christopher-

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
- From: "Kawal Gucukoglu" To: Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:13 PM Subject: Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far! Chris, Are you on Skype? I have got the braille touch working thanks to you. However, I've changed the way I hold the phone. Kawal. On 1 Feb

Re: BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Chris, Are you on Skype? I have got the braille touch working thanks to you. However, I've changed the way I hold the phone. Kawal. On 1 Feb 2013, at 00:07, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > The odd thing is just as I started getting it to work consistently, I put the > phone down for not e

Re: My first impressions on BrailleTouch for I O S

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
n-Fri 8A.M-5P.M Eastern Standard Time except weekends and holidays. - Original Message - From: "Kawal Gucukoglu" To: Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:29 PM Subject: Re: My first impressions on BrailleTouch for I O S Chris, I have the same problems. I don't think this

BrailleTouch: Still more irritation by far!

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
The odd thing is just as I started getting it to work consistently, I put the phone down for not even a matter to just eat dinner, come back, and now, even holding the phone correctly, I'm not only getting the results I got earlier, but it's doing all kind of random letters. I tried just doing

Re: My first impressions on BrailleTouch for I O S

2013-01-31 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Chris, I have the same problems. I don't think this App is for me either, and the glass is too slippery so I'm afraid I'm not for this App. Kawal. On 31 Jan 2013, at 21:28, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > OK, um... this is just my thought, ok, take it or leave it. First of all, > there i

Re: Problems with BRAILLETOUCH

2013-01-31 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: viph...@googlegroups.com [mailto:viph...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>> Of Rick Alfaro >>> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 2:15 PM >>> To: viph...@googlegroups.com >>>

Fwd: Problems with BRAILLETOUCH

2013-01-31 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
: viph...@googlegroups.com [mailto:viph...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Rick Alfaro >> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 2:15 PM >> To: viph...@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Problems with BRAILLETOUCH >> >> Hi Robert. >> >> I also am findi

Re: My first impressions on BrailleTouch for I O S

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
stern Standard Time except weekends and holidays. - Original Message - From: Ray Foret Jr To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 4:57 PM Subject: Re: My first impressions on BrailleTouch for I O S Grade II would be awsome!!! Sent from m

Re: My first impressions on BrailleTouch for I O S

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
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Re: My first impressions on BrailleTouch for I O S

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
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Re: My first impressions on BrailleTouch for I O S

2013-01-31 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Grade II would be awsome!!! Sent from my mac Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jan 31, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: > Hi Chris and Alex, > > I was having endless amounts of trouble with the Braille Touch app, until > you

Re: My first impressions on BrailleTouch for I O S

2013-01-31 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I find that if you hold the phone against your chest with the screen facing away from you and the home button to the right, you will get the results you wish. Remember, with the left hand, dots one to and three go down. That is, dot one is with the left index finger, dot two is with the middle

Re: My first impressions on BrailleTouch for I O S

2013-01-31 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Hi Chris and Alex, I was having endless amounts of trouble with the Braille Touch app, until you, Chris, described how you were holding it. Your hands don't go side-by-side, as they would on a Perkins-style keyboard. They face each other. Which is better than typing in rows, as in TypeinBraille

Re: My first impressions on BrailleTouch for I O S

2013-01-31 Thread Alex Hall
Sorry you are having a hard time with it, but I find it quite accurate and easy to use. However, I really don't like the way they say to hold the phone; instead, I do this: press the back of the phone to your body, pinching the sides between your thumbs and pinkies. Then gently pull back with yo

My first impressions on BrailleTouch for I O S

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
OK, um... this is just my thought, ok, take it or leave it. First of all, there is plenty of screen real estate on even an IPhone 4 to not have to put each section of the braille dots virtically. They say hold the phone with you palms facing each other. I did this. I had a good grip of my ph

Re: BrailleTouch

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Time except weekends and holidays. - Original Message - From: "Chris H" To: Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 3:14 PM Subject: BrailleTouch Hello all I want to let you know the BrailleTouch iPhone/iPod Touch app is now available in the app tore. Briefly it is an app to type tex

Re: BrailleTouch

2013-01-31 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
ot;Chris H" To: Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 3:14 PM Subject: BrailleTouch Hello all I want to let you know the BrailleTouch iPhone/iPod Touch app is now available in the app tore. Briefly it is an app to type text in Braille on your touch screen. Pleae go to www.brailletoucha

BrailleTouch

2013-01-31 Thread Chris H
Hello all I want to let you know the BrailleTouch iPhone/iPod Touch app is now available in the app tore. Briefly it is an app to type text in Braille on your touch screen. Pleae go to www.brailletouchapp.com for more information. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message

Fwd: BrailleTouch - Available on the App Store on Thu January 31

2013-01-27 Thread Daniela Rubio
> Hello all! Here I send this about Braille Touch, which will be on the Appstore next Thursday. Hope it is of interest. Have a good week! Daniela Rubio  Distinguished Educator > Greetings! > > Thank you for your interest in BrailleTouch, and for signing up for the > BrailleT

Re: BrailleTouch iPhone App

2012-02-25 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Do either TypeNBraille or Braille touch process Grade 2!? If anyone knows how to be a beta tester for Braille Touch, let me know. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: BrailleTouch iPhone App

2012-02-22 Thread Chris Blouch
can I download Brailletouch for iPhone or iPad? I can't find it in the Appstore. Thank you! SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T. MACNETICOS, APPLE Y ACCESIBILIDAD A TU ALCANCE. EN TWITTER: @macneticos NUESTRO BLOG EN: www.macneticus.blogspot.com <http://www.macneticus.blogspot.com/> Y EL P

Re: BrailleTouch iPhone App

2012-02-21 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello all! I found out that this App could be great. I knew one called Typeinbraille, but if this works as the video says, it should be great! Where can I download Brailletouch for iPhone or iPad? I can't find it in the Appstore. Thank you! SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T. MACNETICOS, AP

Re: BrailleTouch iPhone App

2012-02-21 Thread Chris Blouch
True, but at some level there is a desire to allow anyone to use the same interface. So whether I tap around the screen or do split taps and flicks to move focus, it's still the same interface. It gets a little weirder when talking about a virtual keyboard because it's not really part of the ap

Re: BrailleTouch iPhone App

2012-02-21 Thread Chris Blouch
Fitzpatrick in the category of most interesting conference results that he couldn't talk about in detail, so I'll be looking forward to this. Thanks for the heads up. There's also been recent coverage at Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/02/brailletouch-keyboard-a

Re: BrailleTouch iPhone App

2012-02-21 Thread Esther
ica.com/gadgets/news/2012/02/brailletouch-keyboard-allows-typing-on-a-phone-without-looking.ars On a slightly different but related topic, I don't believe you're on the viphone list, so you may not have read about the discussion of the "TypeinBraille" app last Novembe

Re: BrailleTouch iPhone App

2012-02-21 Thread Claus Thøgersen
Hi, Actually universal design does not mean that everybody is forced to use the same UI, rather the other way around, that an app or the product you are designing must meet users way of using the device, and that real world users use devices in many different ways. Claus Den 21-02-2012 2

BrailleTouch iPhone App

2012-02-21 Thread Chris Blouch
Dunno if anyone read these articles about using a chorded 6-finger input system to type on a mobile device. It would seem that it should be much faster to input this way but they haven't done real testing/analysis on this. It also requires holding the phone sideways with the screen pointing awa