I too prefer mBraille over the Apple braille keyboard. It is worth the price and time to learn given all it can do. Richard
Sent from my iPod > On Jan 25, 2016, at 4:25 PM, Arnold Schmidt <arno...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > I already had MBraille before the Apple Braille keyboard was released, so I > have not taken the time to learn to use the Apple keyboard very well. I find > it to be not quite as refined as is MBraille, although that very well could > be due to operator incompetence. Also, it does not have the word > processing ability of MBraille. If I want to edit anything, I have to use > the regular Apple keyboard editing features, which are not as easy for me to > use as those in MBraille. > > A few months ago, I purchased the option to use MBraille as a third-party > keyboard. At the time, it didn't seem to work very well for me as a > third-party keyboard, so I forgot about it until last weekend when, for some > reason which I do not remember now, I decided to try it again. I deleted > that emogey keyboard which I never used, and enabled MBraille as a > third-party keyboard. It works well. Now, when I am in a text field, I can > tap the next keyboard button, and although the transition to MBraille is > occasionally a bit flakey, more often than not, it goes right into MBraille. > I write my text, am enable to correct any errors or do any word processing I > wish to do with MBraille. Then, I Place my fingers onto the keyboard as if I > were going to write dots 4-5-6, and do a three-finger swipe right (being in > landscape mode, I mean a three-finger swipe toward the home button.) It then > inserts my text into the text field, and I am back in the regular keyboard. > No more copying and pasting. > > Arnold Schmidt > ----- Original Message ----- > From: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 11:59 AM > Subject: Re: How many use VO Braille Screen Input? > > Yes, I do use both the MBraille and the Apple supplied on-board keyboard. I > love MBraille a lot, in fact most days. I think it is more accurate than the > Apple on-board keyboard. Maybe, though, that is a user perspective and the > errors could be mine! > > I am not too keen on using it as an extra keyboard, because it's a bit tricky > to use it in this way, because of the other keyboards that are already > installed. I wish it could be on the rotor! Anyway, I quite often use the old > method too, so I can open the app and then cut and paste accordingly, because > in some ways it is easier and I like it better! What I do like is to have > proper key clicks when typing. I'm afraid this is one of the disappointments > of the Braille app by Apple which you can include on the rotor. By the way, I > use the "away mode" " because it's the only thing that really works for me. I > can't imagine becoming proficient with anything other than this. > > If you have any further questions, do come back. I hope this is helpful! > Carol P > Sent from my iPhone using MBraille > > On 25 Jan 2016, at 3:37 pm, Tim Emmons <temmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > o, landscape, away mode, orientation locked. six dot. On both iPad and > IPhone. I tried to find an alternative to that input for the Kindle Fire I > got for Christmas and haven’t had anything come close to IOS’s braille input. > I love it and it’s an invaluable tool for me on a daily basis, that’s for > sure. >>> On Jan 25, 2016, at 1:23 AM, Rajmund <brajmund2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> uncontracted, table top, UEB. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Kevin Chao <kevincha...@gmail.com> >> To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Date: Sunday, January 24, 2016 11:35 pm >> Subject: How many use VO Braille Screen Input? >>> Out of curiosity, how many use VO Braille screen input, and in which >>> mode/orientation (screen away or table top)? >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >>> 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. >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - 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