Bill, I have experience with three Braille devices and my iPhone. I bought a BrailleMe from National Braille Press, but could never get it to pair with the phone. It's a cute little device and the price, well, ya gotta love it ($500 or so). Except that mine refused to play with the phone. So it went back to Boston. I now use a Brailliant BI14 from Humanware. Cost was about $1000. 14 cells are fewer than you'd think, which means you do a lot of panning. For instance, when reading e-mail, the word "unread" in front of a message takes up half the Braille real estate on the display. However, this little device works beautifully with the phone and has what they call a joy stick, with which you can swipe between items and double-tap to select something. I like mine a lot. You do have to have the Brailliant turned on before you boot up the phone, and sometimes and connection goes in and out. I also have a Focus Blue 40 from Freedom Scientific, or whatever they call themselves these days. I bought this display myself (just under $3000) to use with my computer when my old Alva Satellite went off to wherever old devices go. The Focus is a lovely, trim little display which works great with JAWS, but also pairs with the phone without a hiccup. No joy stick here, but 40 cells of beautiful Braille. I also have a BrailleNote Apex, which is supposed to work with the phone, but I could never get it to pair. You have to enter a PIN, and my lack of prowess entering numbers on the phone itself meant it always timed out before I could get it entered. Then you have to restart everything and try again. Most annoying. So these are the ones I know about firsthand. Having Braille on the phone makes a lot of tasks quicker and easier. It ain't always cheap, but to me Braille is worth it.
Susie On Aug 21, 2019 5:45 AM, 'Bill Gallik' via VIPhone <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good Morning All, > > A friend is looking to update his technology and is considering an iPhone, > iPad or iPod for his personal needs. However, he insists that he must have > Braille I/O capabilities. To this end, I have several questions: > > - Who sells Braille keyboards and displays that are compatible with > iDevices? > > - If you can, please give some evaluation as to quality of such items (per > model please). > > > ************ > - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin > - “I’ve been dealing with insomnia, I’m just so tired of it.” > - Contributor Unknown > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/FE926265-6C9E-42AF-8142-35A60E91CF8E%40icloud.com. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/5d5d7564.1c69fb81.3b304.804e%40mx.google.com.
