Richard, This is very helpful. Thank you very much. Also, are you aware of any podcasts / training materials on the use of refreshable Braille display with iOS devices? I'm also puzzled about this feature of Smart Beetle being able to emulate a bluetooth keyboard. Are you aware of this? Have you come across it? It seems to me that in the bluetooth keyboard mode, when paired with the device one could perform some additional tasks emulating the keyboard keys combination lie control, arrow keys etc. Have you heard of this?
Many thanks again Andrew > On 13 Aug 2015, at 18:59, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > > You have to keep the device unlocked for all braille displays. > When you lock the device, the screen blanks out, so sighted people can't read > on their device when locked either. > > If you have the rotor on action, I believe it is spacebar plus dots 3,4,5,6 > or dots 1,4,5,6 to swipe up or down like you would with one finger and then > the delete option will show up and you can activate delete with space plus > dots 3,6. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Andrew Lamanche > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:48 AM > To: VIPhone <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Smart Beetle 14 cells refreshable Braille display > > Listers, > > It's arrived: my new tiny, 14 cell refreshable Braille display produced by > HIMS. Nervous as I was ordering it from Sight and Sound in the UK, I feel > I'm gonna love it! it's small and the cells are nice. I've already paired > it with my iphone. And by the way, this Braille display can remember 5 > different bluetooth devices to which one connects. It also has a USB > connection. > > I know it's going to be a steep learning curve and that I'm going to be > asking lots of questions but I've already managed to read using Smart Beetle > from Voice Dream Reader and ibooks. The pleasure of reading quietly is > intense! I'm delighted. > > At present it seems that I have to keep my iphone or ipad unlocked in order > to use my Smart Beetle. Is this the case in your experience too? Also, Smart > Beetle can connect via bluetooth either as a Braille display or as a > bluetooth keyboard emulator and it can also work in combo mode, i.e. you can > have it connected as a Braille display and as a bluetooth keyboard for more > functionality. I can navigate home screens using it, open and close > applications, read text, I've written a text message using it, I can use the > rotor. However, when in Mail, I couldn't find a way of deleting an email I > didn't want to read and I was wondering whether there may be an equivalent of > a swiping gesture that Braille display could imitate. I just wonder if you > could share what else you can do with your refreshable Braille displays and > iPhone? > > Many thanks for any suggestions > > Andrew > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
