I know about these. The problem is that they are QWERTY only. If Apple built a braille keyboard option into the iOS platform, then an overlay could be made for it, and you essentially have a Voice Sense, but running mainstream software. The major advantage would be that even the high-end iPad only costs $700 or so, as opposed to a couple thousand for a VS.
On 8/12/10, erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, some one is way ahead of you, smile. > > http://www.solona.net/tactile-screen-protectors-for-apple-products-by-solona > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > Check out my first ever podcast tutorial, Learn braille using the braille > box. > Visit http://www.erik-burggraaf.com and click podcasts to read more and > subscribe. > > On 2010-08-12, at 11:56 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > >> Just a thought/something to consider: if the iPod or iPad ever got an >> on-screen braille keyboard, someone could make a screen overlay for it >> so you could feel where the keys are, and then you have what amounts >> to a mainstream voice-only notetaker. Use a braille display if you >> want to, and you have the same thing you get with a Voice Sense. Apple >> has done such a good job making the iTouch line accessible that I >> could imagine many people in the future switching from a propriatary >> device to a mainstream one like the iTouch with a braille keyboard. >> >> On 8/12/10, Joe Orozco <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Man, I hope you're wrong about the death of the notetaker. True, there >>> are >>> a lot of limitations, but there are so many benefits to a unit that boots >>> up >>> quickly and is in one piece versus separate units. This is partly my >>> beef >>> with GPS solutions on the smart phones that require the phone, the >>> software >>> and a separate bluetooth receiver even though the smart phones's internal >>> GPS receiver and software work quite well on their own for sighted >>> people. >>> Me, I'm thinking the projection is more applicable to the Pac Mate that >>> physically can no longer compete with HIMS and others. >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their >>> sleeves, >>> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: erik burggraaf [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:24 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [GWN] comments about future of braille Notetakers >>> on Adelaide Radio >>> >>> Hum, Mr. Drummond isn't news on the death of the portable note >>> taker. I kind'a hate to see it go, but It's just not >>> economical in the current technology market. A lot of us have >>> been saying that for years, even as we rejoice that people who >>> need them still buy. >>> >>> What's interesting about this guy is, he's toting jaws and the >>> focus 40 blue, which are about 5 years behind the technology >>> curve, as the advent of the death of the note taker. Now >>> whether you're a fan of freedom scientific or not, and you all >>> know I come firmly down on the side of not, You have to admit >>> that window-eyes, mobile speak, talks, humanware devices like >>> the braille connect, and alva devices like the bc640 have been >>> around a whole lot longer than the focus 40 blue, and do a far >>> better job on the portability and compatibility fronts than >>> jaws and focus. >>> >>> Did you also notice that the north american scanner manufacture >>> was pointedly not mentioned by name, and that the model of the >>> optelec scanner was conspicuously left out, but jaws and the >>> focus 40 blue were mentioned repeatedly? Would any one in the >>> class like to tell me who has exclusivity on freedom scientific >>> products in Australia? >>> >>> I could be making too much of it, But I guarantee you that is >>> how the top brass of the freedom scientific distributer in >>> Canada would have handled that interview, and I don't have >>> anything against the guy personally. That's just the way it is >>> with FS and the people who work for them. >>> >>> Have fun, >>> >>> Erik Burggraaf >>> Check out my first ever podcast tutorial, Learn braille using >>> the braille box. >>> Visit http://www.erik-burggraaf.com and click podcasts to read >>> more and subscribe. >>> >>> On 2010-08-11, at 9:32 PM, peter greco wrote: >>> >>>> I interviewed Rob Drummond from Quantum Technology in >>> Australia and he made some interesting comments about the >>> future of braille notetakers. >>>> You can hear these comments go to, >>>> www.rphadelaide.org.au/Webcast.html >>>> Rob's on the program Focal Point about 10 or 12 minutes in. >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: >>>> >>>> http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv >>>> >>> >>> If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: >>> >>> http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv >>> >>> If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: >>> >>> http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >> [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: >> >> http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv >> > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: > > http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv
