I am sorry, but I cannot believe that Earle would have ever said such a thing. I know Earle very well, and actually talked to him earlier today. We both live in the twin cities and have worked together on projects for many years. I also own a Active Braille which I have used on my computer at work for five years, and have recommended purchase of a number of Active Braille and Active Star displays from Earle's company for many years, the latest being this fall.
The Active Braille, Active Star and Actileno have worked with the iPhone since as early as 2011 when I actually got my Active Braille at work. I am not sure where you would have gotten this information, but it is completely incorrect. Please check your facts before you make statements like this about products you have not owned or never used. It is not fair to the company and their excellent products, and even more unfair to hand out false information to blind people looking for a good Braille display. Frankly, I would rate my Active Braill as at least 50 times better made, and with far more features than any Focus Braille display you will find anywhere. And, remember that Active Braille displays line of displays all have the ability to do note taking on them, but you won't find any Focus that has note taking, or nearly as well made Braille cells. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2018 2:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Braille Displays I would actually be interested in hearing more about that with the active braille devices. I was under the very strong impression, based on interviews I had heard with Earl Harrison, and I think somethings I have seen written elsewhere, that it did not work with iPhones or Macs. Only with a special software. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2018, at 12:20 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >> You know, I've always thought that autoscroll sounded cool, but have >> never gotten used to using it. It always seems like it either >> scrolls too fast, or I end up sitting there waiting for it to scroll. > > > The advantage of the Active Tactile Control in some HandyTech displays > is that it senses the location of your fingers, so the scrolling isn't > based on a timer. > > It's interesting to note from this discussion that it reportedly works > on Apple devices. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > 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 Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach > mark at: [email protected] and your 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 > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries 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 Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your 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 "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries 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 Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your 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 "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
