Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
I have a question for Braille Touch developers: My native language is Turkish and I also use German. Will Braille Touch support these alphabets, too? Emin From: BrailleTouch Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 1:12 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Dulce, Thanks for your question. We designed BrailleTouch so that you hold it in two hands with the screen facing away from you. However, some people have reported success placing the phone flat on a table and typing with BrailleTouch. You can download BrailleTouch for free and try it out, including the unsupported method of typing on the phone when it is lying on a table. This alternate way of using BrailleTouch may work for you. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Thursday, January 3, 2013 1:46:44 PM UTC-5, Dulce wrote: Why can't we put the phone down when brailling? I think holding it while typing would be awkward. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Emin. The first release of BrailleTouch is in English. We hope to support other languages in the future. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On 1/10/2013 4:52 AM, M. Emin Demirci wrote: I have a question for Braille Touch developers: My native language is Turkish and I also use German. Will Braille Touch support these alphabets, too? Emin *From:* BrailleTouch mailto:viph...@brailletouchapp.com *Sent:* Sunday, January 06, 2013 1:12 AM *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Dulce, Thanks for your question. We designed BrailleTouch so that you hold it in two hands with the screen facing away from you. However, some people have reported success placing the phone flat on a table and typing with BrailleTouch. You can download BrailleTouch for free and try it out, including the unsupported method of typing on the phone when it is lying on a table. This alternate way of using BrailleTouch may work for you. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Thursday, January 3, 2013 1:46:44 PM UTC-5, Dulce wrote: Why can't we put the phone down when brailling? I think holding it while typing would be awkward. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Is there going to be a way to edit with BrailleTouch? One of my biggest frustrations with Fleksy is that if you write an email, re-read and then want to fix some word 2 or 3 lines back, or even re-write something, it cannot be done right there on the screen before actually putting it into email or FaceBook or text. Just curious if editing can be done within the app with BrailleTouch. Thank you for any help. Reggie _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of BrailleTouch Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hi Emin. The first release of BrailleTouch is in English. We hope to support other languages in the future. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On 1/10/2013 4:52 AM, M. Emin Demirci wrote: I have a question for Braille Touch developers: My native language is Turkish and I also use German. Will Braille Touch support these alphabets, too? Emin From: BrailleTouch mailto:viph...@brailletouchapp.com Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 1:12 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Dulce, Thanks for your question. We designed BrailleTouch so that you hold it in two hands with the screen facing away from you. However, some people have reported success placing the phone flat on a table and typing with BrailleTouch. You can download BrailleTouch for free and try it out, including the unsupported method of typing on the phone when it is lying on a table. This alternate way of using BrailleTouch may work for you. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Thursday, January 3, 2013 1:46:44 PM UTC-5, Dulce wrote: Why can't we put the phone down when brailling? I think holding it while typing would be awkward. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
No. I think there was already a discussion of this and I think the upshot was that unless Apple allows alternative keyboards, this can't be done. Maybe I'm oversimplifying, but this is the conclusion I drew. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Jan 10, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Regina Alvarado reggie.alvar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there going to be a way to edit with BrailleTouch? One of my biggest frustrations with Fleksy is that if you write an email, re-read and then want to fix some word 2 or 3 lines back, or even re-write something, it cannot be done right there on the screen before actually putting it into email or FaceBook or text. Just curious if editing can be done within the app with BrailleTouch. Thank you for any help. Reggie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of BrailleTouch Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hi Emin. The first release of BrailleTouch is in English. We hope to support other languages in the future. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On 1/10/2013 4:52 AM, M. Emin Demirci wrote: I have a question for Braille Touch developers: My native language is Turkish and I also use German. Will Braille Touch support these alphabets, too? Emin From: BrailleTouch Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 1:12 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Dulce, Thanks for your question. We designed BrailleTouch so that you hold it in two hands with the screen facing away from you. However, some people have reported success placing the phone flat on a table and typing with BrailleTouch. You can download BrailleTouch for free and try it out, including the unsupported method of typing on the phone when it is lying on a table. This alternate way of using BrailleTouch may work for you. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Thursday, January 3, 2013 1:46:44 PM UTC-5, Dulce wrote: Why can't we put the phone down when brailling? I think holding it while typing would be awkward. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Oh that's good to know! I stand corrected on my later comment about editing and in this case i am glad to stand corrected. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Jan 10, 2013, at 12:01 PM, BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com wrote: Hi Reggie, Thanks for your question about BrailleTouch and editing. In the first release, there is not editing capability. However we have some cool ideas for how to add editing capability in the future. If this is important to enough people, we will consider adding editing for a future feature upgrade. On the contact page on our website, you can request a feature. We do read all of these, even if we can't reply to everyone. If editing capability within BrailleTouch is important to you, please let us know. http://brailletouchapp.com/contact.html#Features Thanks! Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On 1/10/2013 11:41 AM, Regina Alvarado wrote: Is there going to be a way to edit with BrailleTouch? One of my biggest frustrations with Fleksy is that if you write an email, re-read and then want to fix some word 2 or 3 lines back, or even re-write something, it cannot be done right there on the screen before actually putting it into email or FaceBook or text. Just curious if editing can be done within the app with BrailleTouch. Thank you for any help. Reggie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Rob, The recommended way of using BrailleTouch is with two hands in landscape mode, with the screen facing away from you. You can read Holding the Phone on our User Guide: http://brailletouchapp.com/ios-guide.html Some people have reported success using BrailleTouch in a non-standard way, laying the phone flat on the table in landscape. They positioned their hands in a V-shape on the touchscreen, at 45 degrees. Their index fingers were toward the center of the touchscreen and on the edge of the screen closest to them. Their ring fingers were farther away from them, and toward the far corners of the screen. This is not the officially supported way of using BrailleTouch, and is not included in our instructions. But you are welcome to try it this way if you like. BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by Jan 31. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On 1/6/2013 8:06 AM, RobH! wrote: I tried it, twists the wrists a bit peculiar, not good position to type in. But urgonomics aside, it would work flat if that's what they want. you might have to lock orientation since the app needs to know which way is UP! - Original Message - From: Chris H christopher...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 11:12 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen You can put the phone down I don't know what's the problem here. Christopher Hallsworth On 03/01/2013 18:46, Dulce Weisenborn wrote: Why can't we put the phone down when brailling? I think holding it while typing would be awkward. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi. I will try the app out. I would also like the app to support the danish letters. Best regards Annie. Den Dec 30, 2012 kl. 12:42 PM skrev Søren Jensen s...@coolfortheblind.dk: Hi. I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 27/12/2012 kl. 13.31 skrev BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
I tried it, twists the wrists a bit peculiar, not good position to type in. But urgonomics aside, it would work flat if that's what they want. you might have to lock orientation since the app needs to know which way is UP! - Original Message - From: Chris H christopher...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 11:12 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen You can put the phone down I don't know what's the problem here. Christopher Hallsworth On 03/01/2013 18:46, Dulce Weisenborn wrote: Why can't we put the phone down when brailling? I think holding it while typing would be awkward. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of liz and sammie Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 2:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen After visiting the braille touch web site and reading about this app, I for one am going to try this app, and if I love it, I will gladly pay for something that makes using an IPhone easier. I use a blue tooth keyboard which is wonderful, but if I am traveling and want to update my facebook status quicly, BraileTouch could come in handy. Liz Ulrich and Leader Dog Sammie Westwood Church of God Internet Prayer Chain Coordinator and Avon Representative HTTP://WWW.YOURAVON.COM/ELIZABETHULRICH HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ELIZABETH.ULRICH.1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Why can't we put the phone down when brailling? I think holding it while typing would be awkward. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of liz and sammie Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 2:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen After visiting the braille touch web site and reading about this app, I for one am going to try this app, and if I love it, I will gladly pay for something that makes using an IPhone easier. I use a blue tooth keyboard which is wonderful, but if I am traveling and want to update my facebook status quicly, BraileTouch could come in handy. Liz Ulrich and Leader Dog Sammie Westwood Church of God Internet Prayer Chain Coordinator and Avon Representative HTTP://WWW.YOURAVON.COM/ELIZABETHULRICH HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ELIZABETH.ULRICH.1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2805 / Virus Database: 2637/6001 - Release Date: 01/01/13 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Dulce, Thanks for your question. We designed BrailleTouch so that you hold it in two hands with the screen facing away from you. However, some people have reported success placing the phone flat on a table and typing with BrailleTouch. You can download BrailleTouch for free and try it out, including the unsupported method of typing on the phone when it is lying on a table. This alternate way of using BrailleTouch may work for you. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Thursday, January 3, 2013 1:46:44 PM UTC-5, Dulce wrote: Why can't we put the phone down when brailling? I think holding it while typing would be awkward. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
After visiting the braille touch web site and reading about this app, I for one am going to try this app, and if I love it, I will gladly pay for something that makes using an IPhone easier. I use a blue tooth keyboard which is wonderful, but if I am traveling and want to update my facebook status quicly, BraileTouch could come in handy. Liz Ulrich and Leader Dog Sammie Westwood Church of God Internet Prayer Chain Coordinator and Avon Representative HTTP://WWW.YOURAVON.COM/ELIZABETHULRICH HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ELIZABETH.ULRICH.1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
I agree with your sentiments here. While I love my apple Wireless Keyboard and can cope with the on-screen keyboard, BrailleTouch will be so amazing and I'm planning to demonstrate this app as much as I can once I can get hold of it. I am even saving my App Store credit just so I can unlock all the features using my account and not my debit card. Christopher Hallsworth On 02/01/2013 19:10, liz and sammie wrote: After visiting the braille touch web site and reading about this app, I for one am going to try this app, and if I love it, I will gladly pay for something that makes using an IPhone easier. I use a blue tooth keyboard which is wonderful, but if I am traveling and want to update my facebook status quicly, BraileTouch could come in handy. Liz Ulrich and Leader Dog Sammie Westwood Church of God Internet Prayer Chain Coordinator and Avon Representative HTTP://WWW.YOURAVON.COM/ELIZABETHULRICH HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ELIZABETH.ULRICH.1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Oh this is much better! I didn't mind the initial offering, but I thought it was a strange tactic as most apps allow you to upgrade to the full version once, and all features are unlocked. Take a look at Fleksy for example. Christopher Hallsworth On 02/01/2013 18:04, BrailleTouch wrote: Happy New Year! We have decided to offer all of the additional features in BrailleTouch through a single upgrade. You can download the free version and try it out first. If you want to do more with BrailleTouch, you can upgrade to the full version with an In-App Purchase by choosing Upgrade from the menu. The upgrade will allow you to send text messages, emails, and tweets directly from the braille keyboard. You can also copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into any other app on your iPhone. The full upgrade will cost no more than the US$20 that we previously announced for all of these features. I appreciate all the feedback we have received from the members of viphone! I am traveling for the rest of the week and will not have a regular internet connection. I will be back online in a few days, and I'll be happy to answer questions at that time. Best wishes, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
There have been several posts about the keyboard layout of BrailleTouch. Here is some more information. I hope this helps. Your left index finger is dot 1. Your left ring finger is dot 3. Your right index finger is dot 4. And so forth. So these are the same fingers you would use when typing on a Perkins or a braille notetaker. This keyboard layout works for most people. Some people have told us that the braille keyboard feels backwards for them. They perceive that the left ring finger should be dot 1, the left index finger should be dot 3, and so forth. We have provided a setting to change the layout of the braille keyboard to this mapping. To type a space, you flick right with one finger. Most people use the index finger of their right hand. To backspace, you flick left with one finger. Most people use their left index finger. More information can be found on our website, under the User Guide and FAQ pages. http://brailletouchapp.com/ Thanks for all the feedback, and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. I'm traveling this week on holiday, but will post as soon as I can. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Gena, Thanks for your questions. BrailleTouch supports Grade 1 braille, including letters, numbers, and most punctuation from the BANA standards. It is not computer braille. You can use the capital sign, number sign, and letter sign. The period, or full stop, is dots 2 5 6. The decimal point is dots 4 6. I hope this helps. I just posted separately about the finger positions and keyboard layout. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Monday, December 31, 2012 1:01:52 PM UTC-5, Georgina Joyce wrote: Hello, If I understand it right. The phone is held to provide a more like stainsby / shorthand machine formation rather than a perkins? As with the stainsby, could the keys be reversed? For those used to writing braille on a frame or the standard stainsby? i.e. The letter a dot 1 generated by the index finger of the right or left hand? Or is the orientation dots 1 4 are generated by the third finger of each hand? What version of grade 1 is the app going to use? Is it computer braille thus numbers are lower case letters? Or do you need to use the number sign? Is the full stop 2 5 6 or 4 6? Or will this be switchable upon release? Thanks. Gena -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
The confusion starts when you read the details, about the way you grip your phone in particular, and find this is not really anything like a Perkins... which is all fingers in a single line. To be honest, that was a leap of imagination when first introduced and we were all used to working in the 6 block pattern of braille itself. YOu got 3 fingers across the screen one end, and the other 3 across the other end. Your hands are all but facing each other; this is where it'll take a leap of imagination to flick it back. I know they described one way of thinking of this, and found that even more confusing, and guess some of the testers had the same issue, which is why the flip is included. I likened it to an old Stainby, those braille writers had keys laid out like that. Perkins has always had a single row typewriter fashion; so like another suggestion, doing it that way for the iPad would work much better! And there's plentyof room to do it that way too. RobH. - Original Message - From: Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 10:48 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Actually, according to the user guide, it appears to me that the default layout will be just like a Perkins brailler. You hold the phone in landscape mode with the screen away from you. Then your left index finger will be dot 1, left middle dot 2, and the finger next to your pinky will be dot 3. The right hand would be the same: dot 4 is your right index finger; dot 5 is your right middle finger; dot 6 is the finger next to your right pinky. This would be exactly like a Perkins braille writer. Flipping dots 1 and 3 and flipping dots 4 and 6, if I'm picturing this crrectly, would put dots 1 and 4 under your fingers next to your pinkys. So in the flipped setting, a c would be at the two far ends of your two-hand position while in the normal default setting the letter c would be the two center points of your two-hand position. The default setting should be immediately comfortable for those of us who use a Perkins brailler; if I am picturing this correctly, I would find the flipped keyboard confusing but I imagine that depends on what you use for writing. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 31, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Georgina Joyce r...@o2.co.uk wrote: Hello, If I understand it right. The phone is held to provide a more like stainsby / shorthand machine formation rather than a perkins? As with the stainsby, could the keys be reversed? For those used to writing braille on a frame or the standard stainsby? i.e. The letter a dot 1 generated by the index finger of the right or left hand? Or is the orientation dots 1 4 are generated by the third finger of each hand? What version of grade 1 is the app going to use? Is it computer braille thus numbers are lower case letters? Or do you need to use the number sign? Is the full stop 2 5 6 or 4 6? Or will this be switchable upon release? Thanks. Gena On 30/12/2012 06:10, BrailleTouch wrote: Hi Richard, Thanks for your post. There is a free version of BrailleTouch. We hope this will be useful for braille instructors, as well as for people who want to try the app out. You do not have to buy an upgrade to use it with your students. The free version goes beyond the research prototype we developed at Georgia Tech, which many braille instructors contacted us about. It will read back characters, words, or both as you type. It will also speak the full sentence that you typed in braille. I hope you will find this useful with your students. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Saturday, December 29, 2012 5:29:30 PM UTC-5, Richard Turner wrote: Hi, Do you have prices for the various upgrades yet? I am a braille instructor and have been looking forward to when this would be released. Thanks, Richard -- If you want someone who thinks outside the box, hire someone who lives outside the box Barbara Otto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this
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I don't remember seeing a complete chart of these codes on the site; are they? where? Thanks, nice to see the good old fashioned full stop back with us. RobH. - Original Message - From: BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: r...@o2.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 3:18 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hi Gena, Thanks for your questions. BrailleTouch supports Grade 1 braille, including letters, numbers, and most punctuation from the BANA standards. It is not computer braille. You can use the capital sign, number sign, and letter sign. The period, or full stop, is dots 2 5 6. The decimal point is dots 4 6. I hope this helps. I just posted separately about the finger positions and keyboard layout. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Monday, December 31, 2012 1:01:52 PM UTC-5, Georgina Joyce wrote: Hello, If I understand it right. The phone is held to provide a more like stainsby / shorthand machine formation rather than a perkins? As with the stainsby, could the keys be reversed? For those used to writing braille on a frame or the standard stainsby? i.e. The letter a dot 1 generated by the index finger of the right or left hand? Or is the orientation dots 1 4 are generated by the third finger of each hand? What version of grade 1 is the app going to use? Is it computer braille thus numbers are lower case letters? Or do you need to use the number sign? Is the full stop 2 5 6 or 4 6? Or will this be switchable upon release? Thanks. Gena -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Those are left/right swipes, use the second finger I think. The user guide and FAQ are both on the site so we can get up to speed with the details in advance. I hope it is up to speed with VO commands like that! - Original Message - From: Georgina Joyce r...@o2.co.uk To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 11:42 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hello, I'm sure it will be a lot clearer when the app is installed on the phone. I've got quite slim fingers and holding the phone to align them in perkins formation doesn't work as the phone isn't long enough. Coincidently, what fingers do the forward and backward spaces? Thanks. Gena On 31/12/2012 22:48, Cheryl Homiak wrote: Actually, according to the user guide, it appears to me that the default layout will be just like a Perkins brailler. You hold the phone in landscape mode with the screen away from you. Then your left index finger will be dot 1, left middle dot 2, and the finger next to your pinky will be dot 3. The right hand would be the same: dot 4 is your right index finger; dot 5 is your right middle finger; dot 6 is the finger next to your right pinky. This would be exactly like a Perkins braille writer. Flipping dots 1 and 3 and flipping dots 4 and 6, if I'm picturing this crrectly, would put dots 1 and 4 under your fingers next to your pinkys. So in the flipped setting, a c would be at the two far ends of your two-hand position while in the normal default setting the letter c would be the two center points of your two-hand position. The default setting should be immediately comfortable for those of us who use a Perkins brailler; if I am picturing this correctly, I would find the flipped ke yboard confusing but I imagine that depends on what you use for writing. -- If you want someone who thinks outside the box, hire someone who lives outside the box Barbara Otto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
But we write with multiple fingers when using a braille display on our IOS devices so why the complaints now because it's an App? Kawal. On 30 Dec 2012, at 05:12 PM, Rob Harris bobs...@googlemail.com wrote: Yes'ish! It'll do the same when you're done paying; but you do get to type with all 6 fingers like real braille. RobH. - Original Message - From: Marcos Rodrigues mrodrigue...@hotmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 3:18 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hi friends: Is this app similar to the type in braille app that is currently available on the app store? Regards. Marcos Rodrigues mrodrigue...@hotmail.com Em 30/12/2012, às 09:42, Søren Jensen escreveu: Hi. I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 27/12/2012 kl. 13.31 skrev BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
I will have to try it, however, I normally use a braille display with my I phone. Type-in-Braille was what I was referring to. In the past when I tried that one, I found it very difficult to use because when you pressed a combination of letters, the keys use to stay down and so the correct letters never got written as I could never understand what to do with it. How different will this be, will the keys instantly come up as if you were typing on a perkins? How will we know that a letter has been completed, will Voice Over just anounce it and we know that it's been done? I encourage you to get grade 2 out as soon as possible. Kawal. On 30 Dec 2012, at 01:09 PM, BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com wrote: Hi Kawal, Which other braille typing app are you referring to. BrailleTouch is very different from TypeInBraille. You can type on BrailleTouch with the same six fingers you use on a Perkins-style keyboard. Our testers were able to transfer their skills from a standard Braille keyboard to BrailleTouch in less than an hour of practice and type an average of 23 words per minute. The other app is Type Brailler Learn Braille. BrailleTouch has a similar keyboard layout. But BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver, and you do not have to set your hand location before typing. BrailleTouch is also designed to let you quickly send text messages, emails, tweets, or copy text to the clipboard directly from the braille keyboard. I hope this helps. Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com On Saturday, December 29, 2012 5:52:04 PM UTC-5, Kawal wrote: What's so different about this one, as I could not use the other one that was in the App Store. If it had grade 2 support then I'd be keen to try it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Kawal, With BrailleTouch, you type each braille chord on your touchscreen with the same six fingers you would use on a Perkins Brailler or similar keyboard. The app will speak each character you type immediately. You can also choose to hear each word you type, or both characters and words, from VoiceOver. BrailleTouch reads each character as soon as you lift your fingers off the touchscreen. Grade 2 is our top priority for a future update. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Monday, December 31, 2012 8:08:22 AM UTC-5, Kawal wrote: I will have to try it, however, I normally use a braille display with my I phone. Type-in-Braille was what I was referring to. In the past when I tried that one, I found it very difficult to use because when you pressed a combination of letters, the keys use to stay down and so the correct letters never got written as I could never understand what to do with it. How different will this be, will the keys instantly come up as if you were typing on a perkins? How will we know that a letter has been completed, will Voice Over just anounce it and we know that it's been done? I encourage you to get grade 2 out as soon as possible. Kawal. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
type in braille is quite different from what I understand brailletouch will be. It usually took more than one tap to do a letter; for instance, l was three taps on the left; letters were broken up into components depending on where the dots of the cell fell. With this, if I understand correctly, a letter will take only one tap because you will tap with all the fingers involved in the letter at once. So, for instance, the letterl will be one tap but with your second, third and forth fingers on your left hand all together. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 31, 2012, at 7:08 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: I will have to try it, however, I normally use a braille display with my I phone. Type-in-Braille was what I was referring to. In the past when I tried that one, I found it very difficult to use because when you pressed a combination of letters, the keys use to stay down and so the correct letters never got written as I could never understand what to do with it. How different will this be, will the keys instantly come up as if you were typing on a perkins? How will we know that a letter has been completed, will Voice Over just anounce it and we know that it's been done? I encourage you to get grade 2 out as soon as possible. Kawal. On 30 Dec 2012, at 01:09 PM, BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com wrote: Hi Kawal, Which other braille typing app are you referring to. BrailleTouch is very different from TypeInBraille. You can type on BrailleTouch with the same six fingers you use on a Perkins-style keyboard. Our testers were able to transfer their skills from a standard Braille keyboard to BrailleTouch in less than an hour of practice and type an average of 23 words per minute. The other app is Type Brailler Learn Braille. BrailleTouch has a similar keyboard layout. But BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver, and you do not have to set your hand location before typing. BrailleTouch is also designed to let you quickly send text messages, emails, tweets, or copy text to the clipboard directly from the braille keyboard. I hope this helps. Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com On Saturday, December 29, 2012 5:52:04 PM UTC-5, Kawal wrote: What's so different about this one, as I could not use the other one that was in the App Store. If it had grade 2 support then I'd be keen to try it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Yes, this is another thing I like about BrailleTouch compared to Fleksy and Type In Braille (btw I got fairly fast with Type in Braille so I'm expecting to do quite well with BrailleTouch as it will be much more straightforward). I like hearing my letters when I type them and not having to flick or swipe or anything to check what i wrote. The thing is: I can visualize (or maybe tactilize!) what it would feel like to do the Perkins braille combinations with my fingers on the phone so half the battle of learning to do this is already conquered. I know it will still be a bit different when I actually get the app, but I've been sitting holding my locked phone in what I believe is the right position and tapping my fingers down in the right combinations for practice. Okay, I suppose that sounds rather crazy, but I'm really anticipating this app and want to be as ready as possible when it comes out! -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 31, 2012, at 8:25 AM, BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com wrote: Hi Kawal, With BrailleTouch, you type each braille chord on your touchscreen with the same six fingers you would use on a Perkins Brailler or similar keyboard. The app will speak each character you type immediately. You can also choose to hear each word you type, or both characters and words, from VoiceOver. BrailleTouch reads each character as soon as you lift your fingers off the touchscreen. Grade 2 is our top priority for a future update. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Monday, December 31, 2012 8:08:22 AM UTC-5, Kawal wrote: I will have to try it, however, I normally use a braille display with my I phone. Type-in-Braille was what I was referring to. In the past when I tried that one, I found it very difficult to use because when you pressed a combination of letters, the keys use to stay down and so the correct letters never got written as I could never understand what to do with it. How different will this be, will the keys instantly come up as if you were typing on a perkins? How will we know that a letter has been completed, will Voice Over just anounce it and we know that it's been done? I encourage you to get grade 2 out as soon as possible. Kawal. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Caleb, Are you planning on releasing Braille Touch for iPad, or is it not possible? Andrew On 31 Dec 2012, at 14:25, BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com wrote: Hi Kawal, With BrailleTouch, you type each braille chord on your touchscreen with the same six fingers you would use on a Perkins Brailler or similar keyboard. The app will speak each character you type immediately. You can also choose to hear each word you type, or both characters and words, from VoiceOver. BrailleTouch reads each character as soon as you lift your fingers off the touchscreen. Grade 2 is our top priority for a future update. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Monday, December 31, 2012 8:08:22 AM UTC-5, Kawal wrote: I will have to try it, however, I normally use a braille display with my I phone. Type-in-Braille was what I was referring to. In the past when I tried that one, I found it very difficult to use because when you pressed a combination of letters, the keys use to stay down and so the correct letters never got written as I could never understand what to do with it. How different will this be, will the keys instantly come up as if you were typing on a perkins? How will we know that a letter has been completed, will Voice Over just anounce it and we know that it's been done? I encourage you to get grade 2 out as soon as possible. Kawal. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hello, If I understand it right. The phone is held to provide a more like stainsby / shorthand machine formation rather than a perkins? As with the stainsby, could the keys be reversed? For those used to writing braille on a frame or the standard stainsby? i.e. The letter a dot 1 generated by the index finger of the right or left hand? Or is the orientation dots 1 4 are generated by the third finger of each hand? What version of grade 1 is the app going to use? Is it computer braille thus numbers are lower case letters? Or do you need to use the number sign? Is the full stop 2 5 6 or 4 6? Or will this be switchable upon release? Thanks. Gena On 30/12/2012 06:10, BrailleTouch wrote: Hi Richard, Thanks for your post. There is a free version of BrailleTouch. We hope this will be useful for braille instructors, as well as for people who want to try the app out. You do not have to buy an upgrade to use it with your students. The free version goes beyond the research prototype we developed at Georgia Tech, which many braille instructors contacted us about. It will read back characters, words, or both as you type. It will also speak the full sentence that you typed in braille. I hope you will find this useful with your students. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Saturday, December 29, 2012 5:29:30 PM UTC-5, Richard Turner wrote: Hi, Do you have prices for the various upgrades yet? I am a braille instructor and have been looking forward to when this would be released. Thanks, Richard -- If you want someone who thinks outside the box, hire someone who lives outside the box Barbara Otto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Can I ask you to reconsider the term chord! Those were always used, hitherto; to relate to using the space key as a modifyer to get control hcaracters; S chord for Status, P chord for Print, O chord for Options, and things like that. The six dots for the character or symbol are just that, unshifted or modified in any way. RobH. - Original Message - From: BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 2:25 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hi Kawal, With BrailleTouch, you type each braille chord on your touchscreen with the same six fingers you would use on a Perkins Brailler or similar keyboard. The app will speak each character you type immediately. You can also choose to hear each word you type, or both characters and words, from VoiceOver. BrailleTouch reads each character as soon as you lift your fingers off the touchscreen. Grade 2 is our top priority for a future update. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Monday, December 31, 2012 8:08:22 AM UTC-5, Kawal wrote: I will have to try it, however, I normally use a braille display with my I phone. Type-in-Braille was what I was referring to. In the past when I tried that one, I found it very difficult to use because when you pressed a combination of letters, the keys use to stay down and so the correct letters never got written as I could never understand what to do with it. How different will this be, will the keys instantly come up as if you were typing on a perkins? How will we know that a letter has been completed, will Voice Over just anounce it and we know that it's been done? I encourage you to get grade 2 out as soon as possible. Kawal. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
I didn't see it in the Apple Store. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of BrailleTouch Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 8:12 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hi Søren, The initial release of BrailleTouch is in English. However we hope to support other languages in future updates. Thanks, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com On Sunday, December 30, 2012 6:42:04 AM UTC-5, Søren Jensen wrote: Hi. I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2805 / Virus Database: 2637/5997 - Release Date: 12/30/12 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi all. I think one thing we all have to remember is that it costs money to develop these aps. is the price for the ap a bit steep? Yes, but, if it helps them make the changes you all are asking them to make in future releases... shouldn't we suport them so they can do that? As an avid braille suporter, I will buy this ap, and hope that my small contribution will help. I one $20 is a lot for an ap, but I look at it as suporting the developers in creating an ap that I think most of us have been waiting for for awhile. As was stated in a previous email by the developer, we can try it out and if we don't like it, we don't have to purchase the add ons. Just my .02 (smile). Jenifer Barr Sent from my iPhone On Dec 30, 2012, at 4:31 AM, Rob Harris bobs...@googlemail.com wrote: $9.99 for each of the two updates, done in app. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 10:29 PM Subject: RE: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hi, Do you have prices for the various upgrades yet? I am a braille instructor and have been looking forward to when this would be released. Thanks, Richard _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of BrailleTouch Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 1:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
It's not coming out till late January, according to the original message in this thread. HtH, Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Dec 31, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Dulce Weisenborn d...@lifedesigns-inc.com wrote: I didn't see it in the Apple Store. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of BrailleTouch Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 8:12 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hi Søren, The initial release of BrailleTouch is in English. However we hope to support other languages in future updates. Thanks, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com On Sunday, December 30, 2012 6:42:04 AM UTC-5, Søren Jensen wrote: Hi. I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2805 / Virus Database: 2637/5997 - Release Date: 12/30/12 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
I'm looking forward to trying out this app. I agree with what Jennifer Barr said wholeheartedly that it costs money to develop these apps so I'll try the free version and if I like it I plan on using my gift cards to buy the app. -- Rebecca and Zeb email: rilni...@gmail.com facebook: www.facebook.com/rebeccai5 Zeb's facebook: www.facebook.com/zeb.ilniski -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Sorry, no, it can only flipped upside down. original and interpoint is too far back for anyone to want to try it. Glad someone else remembers too, mind. Dot 1 would be first finger left hand, or flipped, 3rd finger left hand; that's it, that's enough! RobH. - Original Message - From: Georgina Joyce r...@o2.co.uk To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 6:01 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hello, If I understand it right. The phone is held to provide a more like stainsby / shorthand machine formation rather than a perkins? As with the stainsby, could the keys be reversed? For those used to writing braille on a frame or the standard stainsby? i.e. The letter a dot 1 generated by the index finger of the right or left hand? Or is the orientation dots 1 4 are generated by the third finger of each hand? What version of grade 1 is the app going to use? Is it computer braille thus numbers are lower case letters? Or do you need to use the number sign? Is the full stop 2 5 6 or 4 6? Or will this be switchable upon release? Thanks. Gena On 30/12/2012 06:10, BrailleTouch wrote: Hi Richard, Thanks for your post. There is a free version of BrailleTouch. We hope this will be useful for braille instructors, as well as for people who want to try the app out. You do not have to buy an upgrade to use it with your students. The free version goes beyond the research prototype we developed at Georgia Tech, which many braille instructors contacted us about. It will read back characters, words, or both as you type. It will also speak the full sentence that you typed in braille. I hope you will find this useful with your students. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Saturday, December 29, 2012 5:29:30 PM UTC-5, Richard Turner wrote: Hi, Do you have prices for the various upgrades yet? I am a braille instructor and have been looking forward to when this would be released. Thanks, Richard -- If you want someone who thinks outside the box, hire someone who lives outside the box Barbara Otto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Actually, according to the user guide, it appears to me that the default layout will be just like a Perkins brailler. You hold the phone in landscape mode with the screen away from you. Then your left index finger will be dot 1, left middle dot 2, and the finger next to your pinky will be dot 3. The right hand would be the same: dot 4 is your right index finger; dot 5 is your right middle finger; dot 6 is the finger next to your right pinky. This would be exactly like a Perkins braille writer. Flipping dots 1 and 3 and flipping dots 4 and 6, if I'm picturing this crrectly, would put dots 1 and 4 under your fingers next to your pinkys. So in the flipped setting, a c would be at the two far ends of your two-hand position while in the normal default setting the letter c would be the two center points of your two-hand position. The default setting should be immediately comfortable for those of us who use a Perkins brailler; if I am picturing this correctly, I would find the flipped keyboard confusing but I imagine that depends on what you use for writing. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 31, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Georgina Joyce r...@o2.co.uk wrote: Hello, If I understand it right. The phone is held to provide a more like stainsby / shorthand machine formation rather than a perkins? As with the stainsby, could the keys be reversed? For those used to writing braille on a frame or the standard stainsby? i.e. The letter a dot 1 generated by the index finger of the right or left hand? Or is the orientation dots 1 4 are generated by the third finger of each hand? What version of grade 1 is the app going to use? Is it computer braille thus numbers are lower case letters? Or do you need to use the number sign? Is the full stop 2 5 6 or 4 6? Or will this be switchable upon release? Thanks. Gena On 30/12/2012 06:10, BrailleTouch wrote: Hi Richard, Thanks for your post. There is a free version of BrailleTouch. We hope this will be useful for braille instructors, as well as for people who want to try the app out. You do not have to buy an upgrade to use it with your students. The free version goes beyond the research prototype we developed at Georgia Tech, which many braille instructors contacted us about. It will read back characters, words, or both as you type. It will also speak the full sentence that you typed in braille. I hope you will find this useful with your students. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Saturday, December 29, 2012 5:29:30 PM UTC-5, Richard Turner wrote: Hi, Do you have prices for the various upgrades yet? I am a braille instructor and have been looking forward to when this would be released. Thanks, Richard -- If you want someone who thinks outside the box, hire someone who lives outside the box Barbara Otto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Seriously? Let's not start quibbling over what term is used for things. The list traffic is enough without this useless type of message. Whether the term space with, or cord is used, I think we get the intent of the meaning behind the message. Thanks - Moderator. -- Raul A. Gallegos Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 12/31/2012 9:00 AM, Rob Harris wrote: Can I ask you to reconsider the term chord! Those were always used, hitherto; to relate to using the space key as a modifyer to get control hcaracters; S chord for Status, P chord for Print, O chord for Options, and things like that. The six dots for the character or symbol are just that, unshifted or modified in any way. RobH. - Original Message - From: BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 2:25 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hi Kawal, With BrailleTouch, you type each braille chord on your touchscreen with the same six fingers you would use on a Perkins Brailler or similar keyboard. The app will speak each character you type immediately. You can also choose to hear each word you type, or both characters and words, from VoiceOver. BrailleTouch reads each character as soon as you lift your fingers off the touchscreen. Grade 2 is our top priority for a future update. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Monday, December 31, 2012 8:08:22 AM UTC-5, Kawal wrote: I will have to try it, however, I normally use a braille display with my I phone. Type-in-Braille was what I was referring to. In the past when I tried that one, I found it very difficult to use because when you pressed a combination of letters, the keys use to stay down and so the correct letters never got written as I could never understand what to do with it. How different will this be, will the keys instantly come up as if you were typing on a perkins? How will we know that a letter has been completed, will Voice Over just anounce it and we know that it's been done? I encourage you to get grade 2 out as soon as possible. Kawal. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Andrew, At this time, we are releasing BrailleTouch for the iPhone and iPod touch. The iPad is indeed an interesting platform, but poses different challenges for touchscreen braille writing. In the academic research where we developed the BrailleTouch prototype, we also built and tried out an iPad braille keyboard. Because of the additional screen real estate, we found that some peoples' hands tended to drift across the screen over time. This caused the machine to misinterpret characters, and the users to have to reset their hand positions frequently. An iPad version is certainly possible in the future, but it will require more work in order to be accurate, reliable, and not frustrating to use. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Monday, December 31, 2012 11:12:49 AM UTC-5, Andrew wrote: Caleb, Are you planning on releasing Braille Touch for iPad, or is it not possible? Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hello, I'm sure it will be a lot clearer when the app is installed on the phone. I've got quite slim fingers and holding the phone to align them in perkins formation doesn't work as the phone isn't long enough. Coincidently, what fingers do the forward and backward spaces? Thanks. Gena On 31/12/2012 22:48, Cheryl Homiak wrote: Actually, according to the user guide, it appears to me that the default layout will be just like a Perkins brailler. You hold the phone in landscape mode with the screen away from you. Then your left index finger will be dot 1, left middle dot 2, and the finger next to your pinky will be dot 3. The right hand would be the same: dot 4 is your right index finger; dot 5 is your right middle finger; dot 6 is the finger next to your right pinky. This would be exactly like a Perkins braille writer. Flipping dots 1 and 3 and flipping dots 4 and 6, if I'm picturing this crrectly, would put dots 1 and 4 under your fingers next to your pinkys. So in the flipped setting, a c would be at the two far ends of your two-hand position while in the normal default setting the letter c would be the two center points of your two-hand position. The default setting should be immediately comfortable for those of us who use a Perkins brailler; if I am picturing this correctly, I would find the flipped ke yboard confusing but I imagine that depends on what you use for writing. -- If you want someone who thinks outside the box, hire someone who lives outside the box Barbara Otto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hello, Hah! I see the user guide. I think a few people will find it confusing because of using the perkin's layout analogy. Perkin's layout of the keys are linear but are to be folded to fit on the phone's screen. I see the space gestures too. And I can reverse them too. Pity the stainsby has been forgotten and folks think that the perkin's is the original and only kid on the block. LOL! Gena On 31/12/2012 22:48, Cheryl Homiak wrote: Actually, according to the user guide, it appears to me that the default layout will be just like a Perkins brailler. You hold the phone in landscape mode with the screen away from you. Then your left index finger will be dot 1, left middle dot 2, and the finger next to your pinky will be dot 3. The right hand would be the same: dot 4 is your right index finger; dot 5 is your right middle finger; dot 6 is the finger next to your right pinky. This would be exactly like a Perkins braille writer. Flipping dots 1 and 3 and flipping dots 4 and 6, if I'm picturing this crrectly, would put dots 1 and 4 under your fingers next to your pinkys. So in the flipped setting, a c would be at the two far ends of your two-hand position while in the normal default setting the letter c would be the two center points of your two-hand position. The default setting should be immediately comfortable for those of us who use a Perkins brailler; if I am picturing this correctly, I would find the flipped ke yboard confusing but I imagine that depends on what you use for writing. -- If you want someone who thinks outside the box, hire someone who lives outside the box Barbara Otto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Guys, please excuse my ignorance. I have been working a lot and haven't had time to follow these posts. I started reading about this app tonight for the first time. When will it be availible? I'm sure this has been discussed over and over, but I missed it. -- On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 5:42 PM CST Georgina Joyce wrote: Hello, I'm sure it will be a lot clearer when the app is installed on the phone. I've got quite slim fingers and holding the phone to align them in perkins formation doesn't work as the phone isn't long enough. Coincidently, what fingers do the forward and backward spaces? Thanks. Gena On 31/12/2012 22:48, Cheryl Homiak wrote: Actually, according to the user guide, it appears to me that the default layout will be just like a Perkins brailler. You hold the phone in landscape mode with the screen away from you. Then your left index finger will be dot 1, left middle dot 2, and the finger next to your pinky will be dot 3. The right hand would be the same: dot 4 is your right index finger; dot 5 is your right middle finger; dot 6 is the finger next to your right pinky. This would be exactly like a Perkins braille writer. Flipping dots 1 and 3 and flipping dots 4 and 6, if I'm picturing this crrectly, would put dots 1 and 4 under your fingers next to your pinkys. So in the flipped setting, a c would be at the two far ends of your two-hand position while in the normal default setting the letter c would be the two center points of your two-hand position. The default setting should be immediately comfortable for those of us who use a Perkins brailler; if I am picturing this correctly, I would find the flipped ke yboard confusing but I imagine that depends on what you use for writing. -- If you want someone who thinks outside the box, hire someone who lives outside the box Barbara Otto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Candy, BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January. Thanks for your interest! Best, Caleb http://BrailleTouchApp.com/ On Monday, December 31, 2012 11:36:24 PM UTC-5, Candy wrote: Guys, please excuse my ignorance. I have been working a lot and haven't had time to follow these posts. I started reading about this app tonight for the first time. When will it be availible? I'm sure this has been discussed over and over, but I missed it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
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Hi all. Let's all remember that the necessary information was given at the start of this thread by the developer. If you all just go and visit the site your questions will be answered and the list traffic will not be saturated with the same questions and answers over and over. smile. This is just a friendly suggestion. In fact, the original message clearly stated that if you want more information, you can visit the web site. Caleb also said that he is happy to answer any questions you might have, but if we follow this through with a bit of logic, wouldn't the best questions be asked if the answers to them were not on the site? So far from what I can tell, most questions asked are from people who haven't gone to the site to begin with. I've posted the content of Caleb's message below for your reading pleasure. Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- Raul A. Gallegos If your wife wants to learn to drive, don't stand in her way. Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
I don't understand your term: folded. As far as I can tell, your two hands will be along the long side of the iphone and the layout will be exactly like that of the Perkins keyboard. I don't see anything folded about it but maybe I'm misunderstanding the concept. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 31, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Georgina Joyce r...@o2.co.uk wrote: Hello, Hah! I see the user guide. I think a few people will find it confusing because of using the perkin's layout analogy. Perkin's layout of the keys are linear but are to be folded to fit on the phone's screen. I see the space gestures too. And I can reverse them too. Pity the stainsby has been forgotten and folks think that the perkin's is the original and only kid on the block. LOL! Gena On 31/12/2012 22:48, Cheryl Homiak wrote: Actually, according to the user guide, it appears to me that the default layout will be just like a Perkins brailler. You hold the phone in landscape mode with the screen away from you. Then your left index finger will be dot 1, left middle dot 2, and the finger next to your pinky will be dot 3. The right hand would be the same: dot 4 is your right index finger; dot 5 is your right middle finger; dot 6 is the finger next to your right pinky. This would be exactly like a Perkins braille writer. Flipping dots 1 and 3 and flipping dots 4 and 6, if I'm picturing this crrectly, would put dots 1 and 4 under your fingers next to your pinkys. So in the flipped setting, a c would be at the two far ends of your two-hand position while in the normal default setting the letter c would be the two center points of your two-hand position. The default setting should be immediately comfortable for those of us who use a Perkins brailler; if I am picturing this correctly, I would find the flipped ke yboard confusing but I imagine that depends on what you use for writing. -- If you want someone who thinks outside the box, hire someone who lives outside the box Barbara Otto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
The phone is definitely long enough for my fingers because it's in landscape position.Actually there's even enough space on my 4s because I don't think you are putting a space bar or key in between. That's partly why they mention putting a case on the phone, so that in using your fingers on the whole length of the phone you don't end up covering upt the speaker with your pinky or the edge of your hand. But you are right: we'll understand it better when the app come out and I may be misunderstanding it. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 31, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Georgina Joyce r...@o2.co.uk wrote: Hello, I'm sure it will be a lot clearer when the app is installed on the phone. I've got quite slim fingers and holding the phone to align them in perkins formation doesn't work as the phone isn't long enough. Coincidently, what fingers do the forward and backward spaces? Thanks. Gena On 31/12/2012 22:48, Cheryl Homiak wrote: Actually, according to the user guide, it appears to me that the default layout will be just like a Perkins brailler. You hold the phone in landscape mode with the screen away from you. Then your left index finger will be dot 1, left middle dot 2, and the finger next to your pinky will be dot 3. The right hand would be the same: dot 4 is your right index finger; dot 5 is your right middle finger; dot 6 is the finger next to your right pinky. This would be exactly like a Perkins braille writer. Flipping dots 1 and 3 and flipping dots 4 and 6, if I'm picturing this crrectly, would put dots 1 and 4 under your fingers next to your pinkys. So in the flipped setting, a c would be at the two far ends of your two-hand position while in the normal default setting the letter c would be the two center points of your two-hand position. The default setting should be immediately comfortable for those of us who use a Perkins brailler; if I am picturing this correctly, I would find the flipped ke yboard confusing but I imagine that depends on what you use for writing. -- If you want someone who thinks outside the box, hire someone who lives outside the box Barbara Otto -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi. I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 27/12/2012 kl. 13.31 skrev BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi friends: Is this app similar to the type in braille app that is currently available on the app store? Regards. Marcos Rodrigues mrodrigue...@hotmail.com Em 30/12/2012, às 09:42, Søren Jensen escreveu: Hi. I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 27/12/2012 kl. 13.31 skrev BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hello all. I thought I would chime in with my views on the upcoming release of BrailleTouch. Like Fleksy, this will be a revolutionary way of typing on the iOs devices except for the iPad as the initial release will not be supported. I can't wait to check out the app myself. While I appreciate the limitations in the initial release, like no Grade 2 support and no support for languages other than English, I will be very happy to test it as is and give feedback accordingly. I also understand why the developers are doing it this way. Like others I will try out the free version then if I am comfortable pay for one or both of the in-app purchases. i will most likely get the two as I frequently post to Facebook and not just Twitter or Twitter alone. So will need the clipboard upgrade to do this and not just the messaging upgrade. Chris. On 30 Dec 2012, at 11:42, Søren Jensen s...@coolfortheblind.dk wrote: Hi. I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 27/12/2012 kl. 13.31 skrev BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the
RE: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Marcos, Since the app has not yet been released nobody can really tell you more than what the description of the developer said. They did mention that once it is released towards the end of January that there will be a free version which allows you to try it. If you have the Type and Braille app you can then compare it and see which is better. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marcos Rodrigues Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 7:19 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hi friends: Is this app similar to the type in braille app that is currently available on the app store? Regards. Marcos Rodrigues mrodrigue...@hotmail.com Em 30/12/2012, às 09:42, Søren Jensen escreveu: Hi. can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 27/12/2012 kl. 13.31 skrev BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Yes, I'm also very excited about this new way of keyboard entry. Last night I read the description and held my phone that way and tried to imagine the different character entries and it felt very natural to me and like I could do it very quickly enven initially in grade one braille. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 30, 2012, at 10:23 AM, christopher hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all. I thought I would chime in with my views on the upcoming release of BrailleTouch. Like Fleksy, this will be a revolutionary way of typing on the iOs devices except for the iPad as the initial release will not be supported. I can't wait to check out the app myself. While I appreciate the limitations in the initial release, like no Grade 2 support and no support for languages other than English, I will be very happy to test it as is and give feedback accordingly. I also understand why the developers are doing it this way. Like others I will try out the free version then if I am comfortable pay for one or both of the in-app purchases. i will most likely get the two as I frequently post to Facebook and not just Twitter or Twitter alone. So will need the clipboard upgrade to do this and not just the messaging upgrade. Chris. On 30 Dec 2012, at 11:42, Søren Jensen s...@coolfortheblind.dk wrote: Hi. I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 27/12/2012 kl. 13.31 skrev BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows
RE: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
With the clib board upgrade, can we use it with whatsapp or any program? Cheers: Ramy Moustafa If music be the food of love... play on. Mobile: 0020102221750 Personal email: ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com Msn and aim messengers: flutelo...@link.net Studio email: harmonystudio2...@gmail.com facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/ Twitter: moustafa.r...@gmail.com youtube chanael: www.youtube.com/ramymoustafasaber -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of christopher hallsworth Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 6:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hello all. I thought I would chime in with my views on the upcoming release of BrailleTouch. Like Fleksy, this will be a revolutionary way of typing on the iOs devices except for the iPad as the initial release will not be supported. I can't wait to check out the app myself. While I appreciate the limitations in the initial release, like no Grade 2 support and no support for languages other than English, I will be very happy to test it as is and give feedback accordingly. I also understand why the developers are doing it this way. Like others I will try out the free version then if I am comfortable pay for one or both of the in-app purchases. i will most likely get the two as I frequently post to Facebook and not just Twitter or Twitter alone. So will need the clipboard upgrade to do this and not just the messaging upgrade. Chris. On 30 Dec 2012, at 11:42, Søren Jensen s...@coolfortheblind.dk wrote: Hi. I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 27/12/2012 kl. 13.31 skrev BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to
RE: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Ramy, If you bought both in-app updates you could copy text to your clipboard and whatever is on the clipboard can be pasted into any edit field no matter what app you are in. But according to the description, at this point the developers will force you to buy the messages update for $9.99 first before they allow you to buy the clipboard update for another $9.99. I guess from their point of view that makes sense because if you could buy the clipboard update only for $9.99 many people would just use it to copy text to an email or text message. I have a bit of a problem with that approach because if they later on add Facebook or Twitter integration they may make you pay again to get that and I think it would be smarter to be upfront, offer a free version for testing and charge $19.99 if you must but be done with it. I don't know how much Fleksy is right now, but I think it's probably $9.99 and you get all, email, messages, Facebook and Twitter integration as well as clipboard. The fact is that this was a university research project so some person or persons probably used this for their thesis and while I think it's OK if they want to now make some money with it, they could maybe keep it to $9.99 or $14.99 at least. But let's all wait until the app is in the app store, maybe it's so awesome that everybody thinks it's worth $20 and maybe not. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Since I do not use Flexi, do any of you know how to use this new App yet? Kawal. On 30 Dec 2012, at 04:23 PM, christopher hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all. I thought I would chime in with my views on the upcoming release of BrailleTouch. Like Fleksy, this will be a revolutionary way of typing on the iOs devices except for the iPad as the initial release will not be supported. I can't wait to check out the app myself. While I appreciate the limitations in the initial release, like no Grade 2 support and no support for languages other than English, I will be very happy to test it as is and give feedback accordingly. I also understand why the developers are doing it this way. Like others I will try out the free version then if I am comfortable pay for one or both of the in-app purchases. i will most likely get the two as I frequently post to Facebook and not just Twitter or Twitter alone. So will need the clipboard upgrade to do this and not just the messaging upgrade. Chris. On 30 Dec 2012, at 11:42, Søren Jensen s...@coolfortheblind.dk wrote: Hi. I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 27/12/2012 kl. 13.31 skrev BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Fleksy is only charging $4.95 and provides the ability to use the text in Emails, Messages, Twitter or copy it to the clipboard. If the Braille Touch sticks with their pricing plan of $19.98 for the entire pacakage, I will certainly be encouraging people to not buy it. I think it is way over priced. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi, Each to their own, I would not discourage people from buying it if they wanted. I do think it is way overpriced and I think Fleksy is a better alternative for me as it can be used one-handed which this app cannot. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 31/12/2012, at 10:36 AM, Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com wrote: Fleksy is only charging $4.95 and provides the ability to use the text in Emails, Messages, Twitter or copy it to the clipboard. If the Braille Touch sticks with their pricing plan of $19.98 for the entire pacakage, I will certainly be encouraging people to not buy it. I think it is way over priced. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Bret, I did not say I would discourage anyone from buying it, I said I wouldn't encourage them to buy it. There is a difference. If someone wants to spend their money, they shoud do it. But as I train people how to use these devices and am looked to by a lot of people for recommendations of apps, this will not be one of them at the current pricing structure. I hope that makes sense. Richard Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) On Dec 30, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Brett brettst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Each to their own, I would not discourage people from buying it if they wanted. I do think it is way overpriced and I think Fleksy is a better alternative for me as it can be used one-handed which this app cannot. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 31/12/2012, at 10:36 AM, Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com wrote: Fleksy is only charging $4.95 and provides the ability to use the text in Emails, Messages, Twitter or copy it to the clipboard. If the Braille Touch sticks with their pricing plan of $19.98 for the entire pacakage, I will certainly be encouraging people to not buy it. I think it is way over priced. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Richard, agreed, I would encourage most people looking for alternatives to go with Fleksy. However for those who are really keen on Braile I do think that this app does have its place, even if it is overpriced. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 31/12/2012, at 11:11 AM, Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com wrote: Bret, I did not say I would discourage anyone from buying it, I said I wouldn't encourage them to buy it. There is a difference. If someone wants to spend their money, they shoud do it. But as I train people how to use these devices and am looked to by a lot of people for recommendations of apps, this will not be one of them at the current pricing structure. I hope that makes sense. Richard Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) On Dec 30, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Brett brettst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Each to their own, I would not discourage people from buying it if they wanted. I do think it is way overpriced and I think Fleksy is a better alternative for me as it can be used one-handed which this app cannot. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 31/12/2012, at 10:36 AM, Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com wrote: Fleksy is only charging $4.95 and provides the ability to use the text in Emails, Messages, Twitter or copy it to the clipboard. If the Braille Touch sticks with their pricing plan of $19.98 for the entire pacakage, I will certainly be encouraging people to not buy it. I think it is way over priced. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
I don't think it makes sense at all frankly! The app hasn't even come out yet and you guys are arguing about whether to encourage or discourage or not encourage or not discourage people from buying it. i plan to try the app out and if I like it and feel it helps me significantly and I have the money I will pay for it. If I like it I will let people, including the developers, know I like it; if i don't like it I will let people, including the developers, know why I don't like it. If, after it actually comes out and i try it, I don't think it's worth the price, I'll state my opinion to people, including the developers. I will leave to other people the decision as to whether they can afford or want to pay the prices being asked; I assume most people are intelligent enough and aware enough of their finances to make their decisions without me giving them an earful re: my opinion of the price. If it works as well and as quickly as my hypothetical trial of holding the phone the way they describe and using my fingers indicates, I think I very well may consider it worth the money for myself. But i think I'll wait to pass any kind of judgment or make any comments about the price or the technique or anything else until I actually try it. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 30, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com wrote: Bret, I did not say I would discourage anyone from buying it, I said I wouldn't encourage them to buy it. There is a difference. If someone wants to spend their money, they should do it. But as I train people how to use these devices and am looked to by a lot of people for recommendations of apps, this will not be one of them at the current pricing structure. I hope that makes sense. Richard Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) On Dec 30, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Brett brettst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Each to their own, I would not discourage people from buying it if they wanted. I do think it is way overpriced and I think Fleksy is a better alternative for me as it can be used one-handed which this app cannot. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 31/12/2012, at 10:36 AM, Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com wrote: Fleksy is only charging $4.95 and provides the ability to use the text in Emails, Messages, Twitter or copy it to the clipboard. If the Braille Touch sticks with their pricing plan of $19.98 for the entire pacakage, I will certainly be encouraging people to not buy it. I think it is way over priced. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
I would be curious as I actually tested my typing with flexy with someone who was sighted and found that I could match the speed with flexy as a sighted person who was typing on their own phone. I have not enough sight to see my phone, so, it was interesting to see. As for typing in braille, wouldn't that slow someone down using multiple fingers to do 1 single letter? Just curious. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of blue wings Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 4:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen I was waiting for this app, and i hope that the idea of typing is better than flexy. - Original Message - From: BrailleTouch mailto:viph...@brailletouchapp.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 1:31 PM Subject: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
First of all, while I know a lot of people like fleksy, I don't particularly. I like to hear what i'm typing when I type it for one thing. But that doesn't mean I think it's a bad app just because it isn't right for me. Secondly, the question of multiple fingers slowing one down is a good one imo but i don't think it will because while you are using multiple fingers, if I understand correctly, you are doing one tap not multiple ones for each letter. Also, while you are using multiple fingers, it appears to me that one doesn't have to move around the keyboard at all, just place the right fingers and tap. To me, anyway, it seems that multiple fingers in one place vs one finger with relational placement may cancel each other out as far as one being an advantage over another. I think I may do better keeping my fingers in one place and using fingers in familiar braille combinations than doing keyboard taps in relative position, especially since I don't get feedback as I type with fleksy. It doesn't matter to me that i have to use two hands because basically I have both hands occupied in some way using fleksy or just the virtual keyboard the normal way. This is not to say that i don't use the virtual keyboard; while I do have a bluetooth keyboard I regularly use the virtual keyboard though I don't think i'm particularly fast at it. Whether this new app will really be helpful to me isn't something i will be able to judge until I try it, and I don't think I can judge how much I'm willing to pay for it until I try it. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 30, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Tess tess...@gmail.com wrote: I would be curious as I actually tested my typing with flexy with someone who was sighted and found that I could match the speed with flexy as a sighted person who was typing on their own phone. I have not enough sight to see my phone, so, it was interesting to see. As for typing in braille, wouldn't that slow someone down using multiple fingers to do 1 single letter? Just curious. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of blue wings Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 4:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen I was waiting for this app, and i hope that the idea of typing is better than flexy. - Original Message - From: BrailleTouch To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 1:31 PM Subject: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires
RE: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Richard, I don't think it's up to you to actively discourage people not to buy an app, if you decide it's too expensive then don't buy it, but everybody has to make that choice. When Fleksy was released they charged more as well and no trial version was available jfor some time. At least the Braill and Touch app has a trial version so it's easy to try it and then decide if it's worth $20 to you. Also keep in mind that public sentiment may have an impact and if the developers is monitoring the list he or they may very well decide to make it a bit cheaper. I definitely don't think we should judge them a month before the app will be released, after all, they didn't have to let us know and I think it's nice that they did announce it. I remember when Sendero LookAround came out people were complaining that it was $4.99 or whatever it costs and I couldn't believe the debate that arose from a few posts and how people were outraged that instead of $4.99 it wasn't $2.99 or $1.99. Let's maintain the perspective here, even $20 is affordable for most people and if it works amazingly well then I certainly don't care whether it's $9.99, $14.99 or $19.99. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 3:37 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Fleksy is only charging $4.95 and provides the ability to use the text in Emails, Messages, Twitter or copy it to the clipboard. If the Braille Touch sticks with their pricing plan of $19.98 for the entire pacakage, I will certainly be encouraging people to not buy it. I think it is way over priced. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Yes'ish! It'll do the same when you're done paying; but you do get to type with all 6 fingers like real braille. RobH. - Original Message - From: Marcos Rodrigues mrodrigue...@hotmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 3:18 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hi friends: Is this app similar to the type in braille app that is currently available on the app store? Regards. Marcos Rodrigues mrodrigue...@hotmail.com Em 30/12/2012, às 09:42, Søren Jensen escreveu: Hi. I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 27/12/2012 kl. 13.31 skrev BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
The user guide and FAQ are both on their site, I read them; but practice will be the key to it I think. - Original Message - From: Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 8:23 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Since I do not use Flexi, do any of you know how to use this new App yet? Kawal. On 30 Dec 2012, at 04:23 PM, christopher hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all. I thought I would chime in with my views on the upcoming release of BrailleTouch. Like Fleksy, this will be a revolutionary way of typing on the iOs devices except for the iPad as the initial release will not be supported. I can't wait to check out the app myself. While I appreciate the limitations in the initial release, like no Grade 2 support and no support for languages other than English, I will be very happy to test it as is and give feedback accordingly. I also understand why the developers are doing it this way. Like others I will try out the free version then if I am comfortable pay for one or both of the in-app purchases. i will most likely get the two as I frequently post to Facebook and not just Twitter or Twitter alone. So will need the clipboard upgrade to do this and not just the messaging upgrade. Chris. On 30 Dec 2012, at 11:42, Søren Jensen s...@coolfortheblind.dk wrote: Hi. I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 27/12/2012 kl. 13.31 skrev BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Richard, Thanks for your post. There is a free version of BrailleTouch. We hope this will be useful for braille instructors, as well as for people who want to try the app out. You do not have to buy an upgrade to use it with your students. The free version goes beyond the research prototype we developed at Georgia Tech, which many braille instructors contacted us about. It will read back characters, words, or both as you type. It will also speak the full sentence that you typed in braille. I hope you will find this useful with your students. Best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Saturday, December 29, 2012 5:29:30 PM UTC-5, Richard Turner wrote: Hi, Do you have prices for the various upgrades yet? I am a braille instructor and have been looking forward to when this would be released. Thanks, Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Penny, Thanks for your reply! The initial release of BrailleTouch supports Grade 1. However Grade 2 contracted braille is our top priority for a future update, and we are working it. We are very excited about the upcoming release on the App Store, and we hope you like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Yes, I believe my colleague Mario was on Accessible World. All best, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com/ On Saturday, December 29, 2012 4:53:00 PM UTC-5, Penny wrote: Hi Caleb, This is very exciting news. Are you planning for an option to use Grade II (contracted) braille, and if so, how soon? Did your group present a demo of the BrailleTouch system last year on the Accessible World channel? Thanks so much for the information. I predict that your app will be extremely useful. Penny Reeder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
All the blurb is on their site; and when I finished reading it? I was less happy about chasing it. They could do Demo and Pro or full versions, the idea of paying twice as an in-app feature bothers me for some reason. Paying the first time before it starts to do something useful is not encouraging. So if I got the wrong end of the stick, maybe they can explain it better than on the site. The most it appears to do as demo, is confirm what you press by saying it, if you have character echo on maybe; so a good braille practice thing, but doesn't actually do anything at this point. so by the time you paid twice - $10 each - it'll do as much as Type in Braille. The other comment is - not very Perkins, more like Stainsby, indeed you can flip it into real Stainsby mode, if anyone still remembers that. I think it takes a bito f a leap of imagination otherwise, but it is obviously dooable. RobH. - Original Message - From: blue wings bluewings1...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 9:19 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen I was waiting for this app, and i hope that the idea of typing is better than flexy. - Original Message - From: BrailleTouch To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 1:31 PM Subject: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
You type braille using all 6 fingers like a real braillist; and there's caveats even then. BGut more intuitive than the typein braille method, though I got reasonable good at that. RobH. - Original Message - From: Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 10:52 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen What's so different about this one, as I could not use the other one that was in the App Store. If it had grade 2 support then I'd be keen to try it. On 27 Dec 2012, at 12:31 PM, BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com wrote: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
$9.99 for each of the two updates, done in app. - Original Message - From: Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 10:29 PM Subject: RE: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Hi, Do you have prices for the various upgrades yet? I am a braille instructor and have been looking forward to when this would be released. Thanks, Richard _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of BrailleTouch Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 1:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Søren, The initial release of BrailleTouch is in English. However we hope to support other languages in future updates. Thanks, Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com On Sunday, December 30, 2012 6:42:04 AM UTC-5, Søren Jensen wrote: Hi. I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. Best regards: Søren Jensen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Kawal, Which other braille typing app are you referring to. BrailleTouch is very different from TypeInBraille. You can type on BrailleTouch with the same six fingers you use on a Perkins-style keyboard. Our testers were able to transfer their skills from a standard Braille keyboard to BrailleTouch in less than an hour of practice and type an average of 23 words per minute. The other app is Type Brailler Learn Braille. BrailleTouch has a similar keyboard layout. But BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver, and you do not have to set your hand location before typing. BrailleTouch is also designed to let you quickly send text messages, emails, tweets, or copy text to the clipboard directly from the braille keyboard. I hope this helps. Caleb http://brailletouchapp.com On Saturday, December 29, 2012 5:52:04 PM UTC-5, Kawal wrote: What's so different about this one, as I could not use the other one that was in the App Store. If it had grade 2 support then I'd be keen to try it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
This sort of reminds me of when Fleksy first came out. The same discussions went back and forth. One of the prominent ones was about the price too. -- Raul A. Gallegos Until I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.' -- Joe Namath Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 12/30/2012 6:29 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: I don't think it makes sense at all frankly! The app hasn't even come out yet and you guys are arguing about whether to encourage or discourage or not encourage or not discourage people from buying it. i plan to try the app out and if I like it and feel it helps me significantly and I have the money I will pay for it. If I like it I will let people, including the developers, know I like it; if i don't like it I will let people, including the developers, know why I don't like it. If, after it actually comes out and i try it, I don't think it's worth the price, I'll state my opinion to people, including the developers. I will leave to other people the decision as to whether they can afford or want to pay the prices being asked; I assume most people are intelligent enough and aware enough of their finances to make their decisions without me giving them an earful re: my opinion of the price. If it works as well and as quickly as my hypothetical trial of holding the phone the way they describe and using my fingers indicates, I think I very well may consider it worth the money for myself. But i think I'll wait to pass any kind of judgment or make any comments about the price or the technique or anything else until I actually try it. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 30, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com mailto:richard.turne...@gmail.com wrote: Bret, I did not say I would discourage anyone from buying it, I said I wouldn't encourage them to buy it. There is a difference. If someone wants to spend their money, they should do it. But as I train people how to use these devices and am looked to by a lot of people for recommendations of apps, this will not be one of them at the current pricing structure. I hope that makes sense. Richard Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) On Dec 30, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Brett brettst...@gmail.com mailto:brettst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Each to their own, I would not discourage people from buying it if they wanted. I do think it is way overpriced and I think Fleksy is a better alternative for me as it can be used one-handed which this app cannot. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 31/12/2012, at 10:36 AM, Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com mailto:richard.turne...@gmail.com wrote: Fleksy is only charging $4.95 and provides the ability to use the text in Emails, Messages, Twitter or copy it to the clipboard. If the Braille Touch sticks with their pricing plan of $19.98 for the entire pacakage, I will certainly be encouraging people to not buy it. I think it is way over priced. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at
Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Caleb, This is very exciting news. Are you planning for an option to use Grade II (contracted) braille, and if so, how soon? Did your group present a demo of the BrailleTouch system last year on the Accessible World channel? Thanks so much for the information. I predict that your app will be extremely useful. Penny Reeder On 12/24/12, BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com wrote: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi, Do you have prices for the various upgrades yet? I am a braille instructor and have been looking forward to when this would be released. Thanks, Richard _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of BrailleTouch Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 1:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
What's so different about this one, as I could not use the other one that was in the App Store. If it had grade 2 support then I'd be keen to try it. On 27 Dec 2012, at 12:31 PM, BrailleTouch viph...@brailletouchapp.com wrote: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Kaleb, Will BrailleTouch support contracted Braille? On Dec 24, 2012, at 3:12 PM, BrailleTouch wrote: Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
I was waiting for this app, and i hope that the idea of typing is better than flexy. - Original Message - From: BrailleTouch To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 1:31 PM Subject: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Richard,. It's twenty dollars US, as stated in her message below. Far to expensive when compared to other keyboard apps. Plus at this stage it only does north American grade 1 Braille with no other variants and no grade 2 Braille. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 30/12/2012, at 9:29 AM, Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Do you have prices for the various upgrades yet? I am a braille instructor and have been looking forward to when this would be released. Thanks, Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of BrailleTouch Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 1:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone
Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
Hi Bret, Thanks. I missed the dollar amounts in her message, but found them later ontheir web site. I agree, far too expensive for a keyboard app. The fact that you have to buy the messaging upgrade to buy the clipboard upgrade is stupid. They should just offer the clipboard copy function for those who wouldn't mind copying and pasting into their messages. Richard Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) On Dec 29, 2012, at 5:04 PM, Brett brettst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Richard,. It's twenty dollars US, as stated in her message below. Far to expensive when compared to other keyboard apps. Plus at this stage it only does north American grade 1 Braille with no other variants and no grade 2 Braille. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 30/12/2012, at 9:29 AM, Richard Turner richard.turne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Do you have prices for the various upgrades yet? I am a braille instructor and have been looking forward to when this would be released. Thanks, Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of BrailleTouch Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 1:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Greetings and Happy Holidays! My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below. With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone. BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, each word you type, or both. More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: http://brailletouchapp.com/ The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have an exact release date in January for the app. We are also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brailletouch With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard Upgrade. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. Best wishes and happy holidays, Caleb The BrailleTouch Team http://brailletouchapp.com/ -- You received this message because you are
RE: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen
If it works as good as they claim and if Grade 2 support is on the drawing board then $20 maybe OK, but I think like Fleksy they should just offer a free version and 1 paid version which then contains all features (messages, email, Facebook, Twitter and Clipboard). Then if they maybe made it $14.99 everybody could live with it. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
