Also try the dots 1-4-5-spacebar for delete. (d-chord) to delete messages.
Did you get a Braille manual with the Smart Beetle? You can use your Braille
keyboard as input too, presumably with any enabled PC also. In iOS, press
the k with spacebar to get into VO Help, then press any key or key combo on
the display to find out what it does. (This seems to work best in eight-dot
mode.) I have a Focus14 Blue, so I'm pretty sure there'll be competition
between FS and HIMS there.
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From: Andrew Lamanche
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 6:47 PM
To: VIPhone
Cc: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com
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
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