Hi,. A deafblind person would need to use a Braille display to read. When a Braille display is connected, the onscreen keyboard isn't shown by default. You may be able to toggle the onscreen keyboard back on while the Braille display is connected, but I don't no how too.
This is why such an app would he useful for the deafblind person. Sent from Brett's iPhone On 15/07/2012, at 12:11 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I don't want to be overly harsh regarding this app since being death > blind is something that I have absolutely no experience of and the > thought doesn't bare thinking about, but unless I'm missunderstanding > it, it seems like all this does is lets person a type using some form > of input device and person b type using the screen. > Here's a pro tip: > 1: Open Messages, Notes or any other app with an edit box. > 2: person a can type in whatever he / she wants using their device of > choice. This shows up on the screen. > 3: Person b then types in a response. > 4: Using standard iOs controls, person a reviews said response and > replies accordingly. > 5: Repeat. > > Please tell me there's something I'm missing? If this is going to be > usefull to the death blind subscribers on this list then that's great > - I'm extremely happy for you, but to an outsider, it seems a little > basic. > > Cheers, > Ben. > > On 7/14/12, Eric Oyen <[email protected]> wrote: >> it would help if SOMEONE would trim all the headers. it gets frustrating to >> have to go through 5 or 6 layers of headers just to read a message. >> >> -eric >> >> On Jul 14, 2012, at 6:35 AM, Fred Olver wrote: >> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: from my iphone >>> To: Missouri Chat ; Adaptive and support. technology information ; >>> Missouri List ; [email protected] >>> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 10:18 AM >>> Subject: [Missouri-l] {Disarmed} Fwd: [VICUG-L] FW: New HumanWare iPhone >>> appwill get deaf-blind and sighted people talking >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>> From: Angela Griffith <[email protected]> >>> Date: July 13, 2012 10:15:45 AM CDT >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [VICUG-L] FW: New HumanWare iPhone app will get deaf-blind and >>> sighted people talking >>> Reply-To: Angela Griffith <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: HumanWare [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:59 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: New HumanWare iPhone app will get deaf-blind and sighted people >>> talking >>> >>> Having trouble viewing this e-mail? Click here >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> PRESS RELEASE >>> >>> New HumanWare iPhone app will get deaf-blind and sighted people talking >>> >>> Montreal, July 12, 2012 - HumanWare, in partnership with Institut Nazareth >>> et Louis-Braille (INLB), has unveiled the HumanWare Communicator, the >>> first multilingual face-to-face conversation app for deaf-blind people. >>> This unique app will help deaf-blind individuals communicate on an >>> everyday basis by connecting a HumanWare Braille device (BrailleNote Apex >>> or Brailliant) with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. >>> >>> >>> >>> Now a deaf-blind person can use Bluetooth connectivity to pair their >>> HumanWare Braille device to an iPhone, iPod, or iPad. In the absence of an >>> interpreter, the HumanWare Communicator app then facilitates a >>> conversation. The deaf-blind person converses through the Braille device >>> and hands his or her tethered Apple device to the sighted person who uses >>> the touch screen keyboard to respond. The face-to-face conversation >>> appears in real time on both the refreshable Braille display and the iOS >>> devices' screen. >>> >>> >>> HumanWare is the leader in digital communication for deaf-blind people, >>> introducing DBC, the first portable face-to-face chat solution in 2008. >>> The system combined the simplicity and portability of the popular >>> BrailleNote with a companion visual interface running on a cell phone. For >>> the first time, a deaf-blind person had portability and >>> independence when having a face-to-face conversation, and since a familiar >>> cell phone keyboard was used, the sighted individual had a very small >>> learning curve to engage in a conversation. >>> >>> "With the popularity and inclusion of assistive technology features in >>> Apple's iOS devices, HumanWare has received a high demand to bring the >>> face-to-face concept of the popular Deaf-Blind Communicator to the popular >>> Apple devices. "The HumanWare Communicator app breaks everyday face to >>> face communication down to its simplest form and will get everyone >>> talking," says Greg Stilson, HumanWare product manager. >>> >>> In 2000, HumanWare introduced the first BrailleNote. In 2005, the >>> BrailleNote mPower was launched bringing USB connectivity and increased >>> speed and efficiency to this range of productivity tools. Launched in >>> December of 2009, the BrailleNote Apex, with a completely redesigned look, >>> while maintaining the successful ergonomic design of past BrailleNotes, >>> saw HumanWare pack the most powerful BrailleNote into the thinnest package >>> available. >>> >>> The HumanWare Communicator app will be available for standard download >>> from Apple's app store at the end of July 2012. 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