As of IOS 5.1 the Humanware Brailliant BI displays work fine with Apple devices. There are work arounds for the conflicting keystrokes, which I don't recall at the moment. Apple fixed the Humanware issues and broke all HIMS products and I believe Braille Connect displays with 5.1. Now we are waiting for them to fix it again. Nobody knows when they might see fit to do that since they have been aware of it since the day they released 5.1. As a user of the HIMS products, I'm getting a bit tired of Apple's taking their F--ing time on this one.
Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch) On Apr 28, 2012, at 3:18 PM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > First, it must be noted that I have never worked with a HumanWare display and > an iOS device. > > According to many posts through the past few years, the HumanWare displays > have a tendency toward internal controls being performed via chorded > commands. These internal chorded commands have been reported to conflict with > iOS control command chords. > > Also, the HumanWare displays are reported most often as having bluetooth > stack issues which may prevent regular and stable connection with the iPhone. > > Note: apparently, the Braille Sense displays are having connection issues > since the latest iOS upgrade. I will be able to test a Braille Edge next week > to see how well it works with my iPhone 4 and how well it works with my Mac. > > Given how often HumanWare displays have had complications with iOS devices, I > will not use one as my primary interface device until they are connection and > command stable for a couple software upgrade cycles. > > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 29/04/2012, at 7:12, "M. Taylor" <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > >> Hello David, >> >> Why do you exclude the HumanWare products in your comments? >> >> Just curious. >> >> Mark >> On Apr 28, 2012, at 6:00 AM, David Chittenden wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Concerns have been expressed about using iBooks with a braille display. I >>> connected my Alva BC640 to my iPhone and ran iBooks. Upon loading iBooks >>> and touching the display to get focus in to the body of the page displayed, >>> I merely needed to press dots 1 3 5 spacebar to cause iBooks to jump to the >>> next page and place me at the start of the page. When I pressed dots 2 4 6 >>> spacebar, iBooks jumped to the previous page and placed me at the top of >>> the page. >>> >>> Therefore, at least the Alva is able to fully function in iBooks without >>> ever needing to leave the text area. Given that the commands are chorded >>> with the spacebar, I suspect that other braille displays, except maybe the >>> humanware displays, should function similarly in iBooks. >>> >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
