Re: Question about braille displays and compatibility with iPhone six

2015-08-18 Thread hebertisaac99
I did a test with iOS using the braille edge yesterday and here are the some of the pros and cons. The edge allows you to either use it iOS or you can use the take notes with the edge it self. How ever when using with iOS when typing notes with the edge iOS doesn't announce each

Question about braille displays and compatibility with iPhone six

2015-08-17 Thread Beth G
Hi, I'm looking to purchase a braille display and I think I have it narrowed down to the edge and the Vario Ultra 20 I'm interested in anyone sauce on which might be a better way to go and pros and cons. If this is the archive somewhere, please let me know I did not find it Thanks Beth Sent

Re: question on braille displays

2015-01-02 Thread Patti Johnson
ok, what would be the equivalent of uncontracted braille, for my curiosity, since the contracted wants to add letters to some things, such as the word people if you put in a p. Thanks, Patti On 1/2/2015 11:01 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: I use a Focus 14 Blue and the Space-g now cycles through 3

Re: question on braille displays

2015-01-02 Thread Anne Robertson
I use a Focus 14 Blue and the Space-g now cycles through 3 options: contracted Braille, 6-dot Braille and 8-dot Braille. Cheers, Anne On 2 Jan 2015, at 16:21, Patti Johnson pattigj1...@gmail.com wrote: Or maybe it should be Braille Input, not sure how to term it. I have not upgraded,

question on braille displays

2015-01-02 Thread Patti Johnson
Or maybe it should be Braille Input, not sure how to term it. I have not upgraded, so I can still use space g to turn contractions off and on on my Focus. A friend updated her phone and says she can't do that now, she uses the refreshable Braille display from APH. So how can she turn

Re: question on braille displays

2015-01-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Also remember that input and output are now separated in iOS 8. Space-g now controls output while space-236 controls input. Both of these are three-way cycles through six-dot, eight-dot and contracted. As for eight-dot or six-dot, neither will give you contracted braille though there may be