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, APPLE Y ACCESIBILIDAD A TU ALCANCE. EN TWITTER: @macneticos NUESTRO BLOG EN: www.macneticus.blogspot.com Y EL PODCAST EN:` http://macneticos.libsyn.com El 21/02/2012, a las 15:58, Chris Blouch escribió: > 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 > application's designed experience as a shared input mechanism. At the same > time, that mechanisim also has a user experience which may be better or worse > usability for some. So is it better, on the whole, to enable that input > mechanisim to be used by anyone or do you provide an alternate experience > that is tailored more towards a certain class of users? I think universal > design would point towards the shared experience being the best in the long > run. For better or for worse everybody can help everybody else because it's > the same UI. I've run into plenty of 'separate but equal' UIs for > accessibility which never got much love after launch leaving users who rely > on them as second class citizens. > > CB > > On 2/21/12 2:43 PM, Claus Thøgersen wrote: >> 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 20:10, Chris Blouch skrev: >>> 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 >>> away so you can put three fingers on three dots on either end of the >>> screen. I've always been in favor of 'universal design' where everybody >>> uses the same basic UI so this seems to go against that. At the same time, >>> if it were 2-3x faster than the current on screen keyboard input, maybe it >>> would be worth it. >>> >>> http://hothardware.com/News/Georgia-Tech-iPhone-App-Could-Help-Blind-Users-Text/ >>> >>> http://www.phonearena.com/news/Braille-Touch-app-brings-no-look-typing-to-handsets_id27003 >>> >>> >>> Apparently not available in iTunes Store yet. Won best design in the >>> Stockholm Mobile HCI [Human Computer Interaction] 2011 conference: >>> >>> http://www.mobilehci2011.org/node/127 >>> >>> CB >>> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
