See below. > On Jun 19, 2015, at 5:24 PM, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, I'm curious to hear from people who have replaced their Braille > notetaker with an iDevice. I've been toying with the idea of investing in a > U2 for reading books, taking notes and performing similar quick tasks. > > Questions: > > 1. I've heard there are displays that let you type text and then send to the > iDevice in one burst. I don't understand the mechanics of this, but what are > the displays you know that do this? I'm going to miss some, but Hims' Braille Edge or any of their modern notetakers, and I think the newest Vario. This works by letting you type locally, then press a single key and have the display "type" your text rapidly into the text field. At least, that's how I understand it. > > 2. Is Braille input in iOS as dreadful as some people have made it out to > be? I don't mind learning various keystrokes, but I do mind delays in > transmition. Depends on your normal speed and how often you refer to your display to check what you're writing. I'll let someone else answer this one more fully > > 3. Is there a means to read BRF in iOS? The Bard app can do it, with a bit of fiddling. There's no native way or dedicated app, though. > > 4. What 32-cell display would you personally recommend? I don't know enough to say, but the Edge is 40 cells and reasonably priced. > > Thanks guys for any help. > > Joe > > -- > Musings of a Work in Progress: > www.JoeOrozco.com/ > > Twitter: @ScribblingJoe > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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