Hi Ben, I have deaf-blind clients who are doing just that. I have other concerns about this app as well, such as compatibility with non-humanware displays. Common sense dictates that it's compatible, but since the article clearly lists all contemporary humanware displays, and given humanware's extremely proprietary approach to this issue in the past, I'm worried. I'll call and find out when the time comes.
Anyway, it doesn't seem very exciting to me as a trainer of deaf-blind computer users. Let's see what the price point is when it comes out and how compatible it is and we'll go from there. Best, Erik Burggraaf Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2012-07-14, at 10:11 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose 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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