Re: Questions about Using a Braille display with an I-Device

2014-10-12 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Wayne.
It is really nice with the automatic going to the next page, but have you 
noticed that you can not see anymore how many pages you have left in a chapter? 
I am sad this function seems to have gone.

Best regards Annie.
 Den 10/10/2014 kl. 15.39 skrev Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com:
 
 One really neat feature in iOS 8 with a Braille display is the ability
 to have pages turned automatically. I use this in iBooks and it is
 quite nice. I don't have to turn the page, then hunt for the start of
 the next page's content. Now, when I get to the bottom of the current
 page, a message pops up on screen saying what page number I am going
 to, and then the text starts immediately when that message goes away.
 I haven't had too many issues when inputting Braille in iOS 8, but
 then again, I also haven't gone to great lengths to input Braille
 given the sluggishness. As said before, hopefully these issues will be
 resolved soon.
 
 Wayne
 
 On 10/10/14, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote:
 There is a serious delay when inputting braille on iOS 8. But reading
 braille is just fine. Hopefully the input problem will be resolved in iOS
 8.1, but who knows.
 The new Vario Ultra  braille displays from Baum are very nice. You have a
 choice of 20 or 40 cells. They have I think 32 GB of internal storage and
 you can flip between display mode and note taking mode by sliding a switch.
 So you can use the internal notes or use it as a display for your phone.
 If you have more than one bluetooth device it is a great choice because you
 can pair it with 4 different devices and switch devices on the fly with a
 keystroke.
 I work at an agency for the blind and just saw one about a month ago.
 I'd recommend checking them out. As I recall, the 20 cell is $2.395 and the
 40 is $3.395.
 
 Check them out here,
 http://www.baumusa.com/braille-solutions/varioultra.html
 HTH,
 Richard
 PS, no I do not get a commission, I'm just really impressed. I use a Braille
 Edge at work, which is also very nice.
 
 
 
 
 The fact that an opinion is widely held is no evidence that it is not
 utterly absurd.
 
 - Bertrand Russell
 
 
 
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 On Oct 10, 2014, at 12:48 AM, Kerri Kosten kerrik2...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi Everyone:
 
 I am considering purchasing a braille display and pairing it with my
 Iphone and using this as a notetaker.
 Currently, I have a very old, very outdated Pacmate from 2007 that I
 haven't used in like two years.
 Because the cost of a traditional blindness notetaker (such as say the
 Braille Sense u2) is like $5,000 I was considering purchasing a
 braille display and just paring it with my Iphone.
 Does anyone do this and if so how does it work for you?
 Is it a viable option?
 How does it do when you have to take notes in an hour-long class or
 meeting?
 Do most of the braille displays have a way for you to take notes on
 them internally or do you have to use an app on the Iphone for taking
 notes?
 Besides being able to take notes and read them in braille, another
 thing I really miss doing is reading books from say Bookshare, BARD,
 or I-Books with a braille display.
 Does reading novels/books from these sites work well using a braille
 display and an Iphone?
 Thanks,
 Kerri
 
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Re: Questions about Using a Braille display with an I-Device

2014-10-10 Thread Brett
Hi, 

I often use my braille display to take notes in meetings at Work. It works 
quite well, as long as your not too worried about formatting. If you haven't 
typed anything in a while, just type a space and delete it, to prevent your 
display from going to sleep. Your braille display will go to sleep after 10 
minutes of inactivity. 

I use notes on the iPhone when taking notes in meetings, because if you sync 
your iPhone with itunes, your notes will appear in outlook. You can then copy 
the note to notepad or word and format it then save it to your computer. 

I have read braille books from BookShare and books from iBooks with my display, 
both work quite well. 

The only thing to keep in mind is that iOS8 has issues with bluetooth devices. 
I haven't yet used my display with iOS8, so hopefully someone who has will 
chime in here to let us know how braille displays perform under iOS8. 

Hope this helps, 
Brett. 
Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone

 On 10 Oct 2014, at 6:48 pm, Kerri Kosten kerrik2...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi Everyone:
 
 I am considering purchasing a braille display and pairing it with my
 Iphone and using this as a notetaker.
 Currently, I have a very old, very outdated Pacmate from 2007 that I
 haven't used in like two years.
 Because the cost of a traditional blindness notetaker (such as say the
 Braille Sense u2) is like $5,000 I was considering purchasing a
 braille display and just paring it with my Iphone.
 Does anyone do this and if so how does it work for you?
 Is it a viable option?
 How does it do when you have to take notes in an hour-long class or meeting?
 Do most of the braille displays have a way for you to take notes on
 them internally or do you have to use an app on the Iphone for taking
 notes?
 Besides being able to take notes and read them in braille, another
 thing I really miss doing is reading books from say Bookshare, BARD,
 or I-Books with a braille display.
 Does reading novels/books from these sites work well using a braille
 display and an Iphone?
 Thanks,
 Kerri
 
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Re: Questions about Using a Braille display with an I-Device

2014-10-10 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi all.

I like using my phone for taking notes together with a braille display.

It depends on how you have set up your braille display if it will go to sleep.

It also depends on how many cells a display needs to have.

I tend to recommend a 32 cells display from human ware (Brailliant 32 bi) this 
display has in my opinion only one drawback, it can sometimes lose the 
connection to the phone while typing, this is a problem, but one of the only 
problems that I have. Braille edge, u2 and focus are better at staying 
connected, but in my opinion both braille edge and focus are to long, and focus 
has also a problem when you wants to go to the next display line. I guess you 
are from the u.s. and there are some other displays available.

In IOS 8 it works really well to read books from ibooks with the braille 
display. I guess it also still works fine from bookshare, if read2go does not 
work anymore voicedream do, and voicedream is really great with a braille 
display.
Best regards Annie.
Den 10/10/2014 kl. 12.13 skrev Brett brettst...@gmail.com:

 Hi, 
 
 I often use my braille display to take notes in meetings at Work. It works 
 quite well, as long as your not too worried about formatting. If you haven't 
 typed anything in a while, just type a space and delete it, to prevent your 
 display from going to sleep. Your braille display will go to sleep after 10 
 minutes of inactivity. 
 
 I use notes on the iPhone when taking notes in meetings, because if you sync 
 your iPhone with itunes, your notes will appear in outlook. You can then copy 
 the note to notepad or word and format it then save it to your computer. 
 
 I have read braille books from BookShare and books from iBooks with my 
 display, both work quite well. 
 
 The only thing to keep in mind is that iOS8 has issues with bluetooth 
 devices. I haven't yet used my display with iOS8, so hopefully someone who 
 has will chime in here to let us know how braille displays perform under 
 iOS8. 
 
 Hope this helps, 
 Brett. 
 Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone
 
 On 10 Oct 2014, at 6:48 pm, Kerri Kosten kerrik2...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi Everyone:
 
 I am considering purchasing a braille display and pairing it with my
 Iphone and using this as a notetaker.
 Currently, I have a very old, very outdated Pacmate from 2007 that I
 haven't used in like two years.
 Because the cost of a traditional blindness notetaker (such as say the
 Braille Sense u2) is like $5,000 I was considering purchasing a
 braille display and just paring it with my Iphone.
 Does anyone do this and if so how does it work for you?
 Is it a viable option?
 How does it do when you have to take notes in an hour-long class or meeting?
 Do most of the braille displays have a way for you to take notes on
 them internally or do you have to use an app on the Iphone for taking
 notes?
 Besides being able to take notes and read them in braille, another
 thing I really miss doing is reading books from say Bookshare, BARD,
 or I-Books with a braille display.
 Does reading novels/books from these sites work well using a braille
 display and an Iphone?
 Thanks,
 Kerri
 
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Re: Questions about Using a Braille display with an I-Device

2014-10-10 Thread Richard Turner
There is a serious delay when inputting braille on iOS 8. But reading braille 
is just fine. Hopefully the input problem will be resolved in iOS 8.1, but who 
knows.
The new Vario Ultra  braille displays from Baum are very nice. You have a 
choice of 20 or 40 cells. They have I think 32 GB of internal storage and you 
can flip between display mode and note taking mode by sliding a switch. So you 
can use the internal notes or use it as a display for your phone.
If you have more than one bluetooth device it is a great choice because you can 
pair it with 4 different devices and switch devices on the fly with a keystroke.
I work at an agency for the blind and just saw one about a month ago.
I'd recommend checking them out. As I recall, the 20 cell is $2.395 and the 40 
is $3.395.

Check them out here, http://www.baumusa.com/braille-solutions/varioultra.html
HTH,
Richard
PS, no I do not get a commission, I'm just really impressed. I use a Braille 
Edge at work, which is also very nice.




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 On Oct 10, 2014, at 12:48 AM, Kerri Kosten kerrik2...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi Everyone:
 
 I am considering purchasing a braille display and pairing it with my
 Iphone and using this as a notetaker.
 Currently, I have a very old, very outdated Pacmate from 2007 that I
 haven't used in like two years.
 Because the cost of a traditional blindness notetaker (such as say the
 Braille Sense u2) is like $5,000 I was considering purchasing a
 braille display and just paring it with my Iphone.
 Does anyone do this and if so how does it work for you?
 Is it a viable option?
 How does it do when you have to take notes in an hour-long class or meeting?
 Do most of the braille displays have a way for you to take notes on
 them internally or do you have to use an app on the Iphone for taking
 notes?
 Besides being able to take notes and read them in braille, another
 thing I really miss doing is reading books from say Bookshare, BARD,
 or I-Books with a braille display.
 Does reading novels/books from these sites work well using a braille
 display and an Iphone?
 Thanks,
 Kerri
 
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Re: Questions about Using a Braille display with an I-Device

2014-10-10 Thread Wayne Merritt
One really neat feature in iOS 8 with a Braille display is the ability
to have pages turned automatically. I use this in iBooks and it is
quite nice. I don't have to turn the page, then hunt for the start of
the next page's content. Now, when I get to the bottom of the current
page, a message pops up on screen saying what page number I am going
to, and then the text starts immediately when that message goes away.
I haven't had too many issues when inputting Braille in iOS 8, but
then again, I also haven't gone to great lengths to input Braille
given the sluggishness. As said before, hopefully these issues will be
resolved soon.

Wayne

On 10/10/14, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote:
 There is a serious delay when inputting braille on iOS 8. But reading
 braille is just fine. Hopefully the input problem will be resolved in iOS
 8.1, but who knows.
 The new Vario Ultra  braille displays from Baum are very nice. You have a
 choice of 20 or 40 cells. They have I think 32 GB of internal storage and
 you can flip between display mode and note taking mode by sliding a switch.
 So you can use the internal notes or use it as a display for your phone.
 If you have more than one bluetooth device it is a great choice because you
 can pair it with 4 different devices and switch devices on the fly with a
 keystroke.
 I work at an agency for the blind and just saw one about a month ago.
 I'd recommend checking them out. As I recall, the 20 cell is $2.395 and the
 40 is $3.395.

 Check them out here,
 http://www.baumusa.com/braille-solutions/varioultra.html
 HTH,
 Richard
 PS, no I do not get a commission, I'm just really impressed. I use a Braille
 Edge at work, which is also very nice.




 The fact that an opinion is widely held is no evidence that it is not
 utterly absurd.

 - Bertrand Russell



  *Sent from my iPhone 5S



 On Oct 10, 2014, at 12:48 AM, Kerri Kosten kerrik2...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Everyone:

 I am considering purchasing a braille display and pairing it with my
 Iphone and using this as a notetaker.
 Currently, I have a very old, very outdated Pacmate from 2007 that I
 haven't used in like two years.
 Because the cost of a traditional blindness notetaker (such as say the
 Braille Sense u2) is like $5,000 I was considering purchasing a
 braille display and just paring it with my Iphone.
 Does anyone do this and if so how does it work for you?
 Is it a viable option?
 How does it do when you have to take notes in an hour-long class or
 meeting?
 Do most of the braille displays have a way for you to take notes on
 them internally or do you have to use an app on the Iphone for taking
 notes?
 Besides being able to take notes and read them in braille, another
 thing I really miss doing is reading books from say Bookshare, BARD,
 or I-Books with a braille display.
 Does reading novels/books from these sites work well using a braille
 display and an Iphone?
 Thanks,
 Kerri

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Re: Questions about Using a Braille display with an I-Device

2014-10-10 Thread Sharonda Greenlaw
I have a Focus 40 braille display and use it all the time to take
notes with my iPhone. I use the Notes app for this. I did not know
that notes sync with Outlook, so I am happy to learn this. I have no
problems going to the next line with my Focus and it stays connected
very well.

I do have IOS 8 on my 4S. because there are problems with VO turning
off and on, that also affects the braille display. IOS 8 also seems to
write slowly and the braille buffer takes some time keeping up. But I
use the 4-5-chord and it works out pretty well.

Sharonda

On 10/10/14, Wayne Merritt wcmerr...@gmail.com wrote:
 One really neat feature in iOS 8 with a Braille display is the ability
 to have pages turned automatically. I use this in iBooks and it is
 quite nice. I don't have to turn the page, then hunt for the start of
 the next page's content. Now, when I get to the bottom of the current
 page, a message pops up on screen saying what page number I am going
 to, and then the text starts immediately when that message goes away.
 I haven't had too many issues when inputting Braille in iOS 8, but
 then again, I also haven't gone to great lengths to input Braille
 given the sluggishness. As said before, hopefully these issues will be
 resolved soon.

 Wayne

 On 10/10/14, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote:
 There is a serious delay when inputting braille on iOS 8. But reading
 braille is just fine. Hopefully the input problem will be resolved in iOS
 8.1, but who knows.
 The new Vario Ultra  braille displays from Baum are very nice. You have a
 choice of 20 or 40 cells. They have I think 32 GB of internal storage and
 you can flip between display mode and note taking mode by sliding a
 switch.
 So you can use the internal notes or use it as a display for your phone.
 If you have more than one bluetooth device it is a great choice because
 you
 can pair it with 4 different devices and switch devices on the fly with a
 keystroke.
 I work at an agency for the blind and just saw one about a month ago.
 I'd recommend checking them out. As I recall, the 20 cell is $2.395 and
 the
 40 is $3.395.

 Check them out here,
 http://www.baumusa.com/braille-solutions/varioultra.html
 HTH,
 Richard
 PS, no I do not get a commission, I'm just really impressed. I use a
 Braille
 Edge at work, which is also very nice.




 The fact that an opinion is widely held is no evidence that it is not
 utterly absurd.

 - Bertrand Russell



  *Sent from my iPhone 5S



 On Oct 10, 2014, at 12:48 AM, Kerri Kosten kerrik2...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Everyone:

 I am considering purchasing a braille display and pairing it with my
 Iphone and using this as a notetaker.
 Currently, I have a very old, very outdated Pacmate from 2007 that I
 haven't used in like two years.
 Because the cost of a traditional blindness notetaker (such as say the
 Braille Sense u2) is like $5,000 I was considering purchasing a
 braille display and just paring it with my Iphone.
 Does anyone do this and if so how does it work for you?
 Is it a viable option?
 How does it do when you have to take notes in an hour-long class or
 meeting?
 Do most of the braille displays have a way for you to take notes on
 them internally or do you have to use an app on the Iphone for taking
 notes?
 Besides being able to take notes and read them in braille, another
 thing I really miss doing is reading books from say Bookshare, BARD,
 or I-Books with a braille display.
 Does reading novels/books from these sites work well using a braille
 display and an Iphone?
 Thanks,
 Kerri

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Re: Questions about Using a Braille display with an I-Device

2014-10-10 Thread Flor Lynch
There is the Focus14 Blue braille display, which I have. It's available 
in the UK and ireland, so presumably it's available in europe also. No 
problem with it staying connected while in use, with iOS7.1.2.


- Original Message - 
From: Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com

To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Questions about Using a Braille display with an I-Device


Hi all.

I like using my phone for taking notes together with a braille display.

It depends on how you have set up your braille display if it will go to 
sleep.


It also depends on how many cells a display needs to have.

I tend to recommend a 32 cells display from human ware (Brailliant 32 
bi) this display has in my opinion only one drawback, it can sometimes 
lose the connection to the phone while typing, this is a problem, but 
one of the only problems that I have. Braille edge, u2 and focus are 
better at staying connected, but in my opinion both braille edge and 
focus are to long, and focus has also a problem when you wants to go to 
the next display line. I guess you are from the u.s. and there are some 
other displays available.


In IOS 8 it works really well to read books from ibooks with the braille 
display. I guess it also still works fine from bookshare, if read2go 
does not work anymore voicedream do, and voicedream is really great with 
a braille display.

Best regards Annie.
Den 10/10/2014 kl. 12.13 skrev Brett brettst...@gmail.com:


Hi,

I often use my braille display to take notes in meetings at Work. It 
works quite well, as long as your not too worried about formatting. If 
you haven't typed anything in a while, just type a space and delete 
it, to prevent your display from going to sleep. Your braille display 
will go to sleep after 10 minutes of inactivity.


I use notes on the iPhone when taking notes in meetings, because if 
you sync your iPhone with itunes, your notes will appear in outlook. 
You can then copy the note to notepad or word and format it then save 
it to your computer.


I have read braille books from BookShare and books from iBooks with my 
display, both work quite well.


The only thing to keep in mind is that iOS8 has issues with bluetooth 
devices. I haven't yet used my display with iOS8, so hopefully someone 
who has will chime in here to let us know how braille displays perform 
under iOS8.


Hope this helps,
Brett.
Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone

On 10 Oct 2014, at 6:48 pm, Kerri Kosten kerrik2...@gmail.com 
wrote:


Hi Everyone:

I am considering purchasing a braille display and pairing it with my
Iphone and using this as a notetaker.
Currently, I have a very old, very outdated Pacmate from 2007 that I
haven't used in like two years.
Because the cost of a traditional blindness notetaker (such as say 
the

Braille Sense u2) is like $5,000 I was considering purchasing a
braille display and just paring it with my Iphone.
Does anyone do this and if so how does it work for you?
Is it a viable option?
How does it do when you have to take notes in an hour-long class or 
meeting?

Do most of the braille displays have a way for you to take notes on
them internally or do you have to use an app on the Iphone for taking
notes?
Besides being able to take notes and read them in braille, another
thing I really miss doing is reading books from say Bookshare, BARD,
or I-Books with a braille display.
Does reading novels/books from these sites work well using a braille
display and an Iphone?
Thanks,
Kerri

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