Hi, I first tried it to write this email, but couldn't dismiss the keyboard as usual, so had to close the mail app from the app switcher and had to write this using iOS braille.
Cheers Brett. Sent from Brett's iPhone > On 26 Jan 2016, at 8:31 PM, Arnold Schmidt <arno...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > How recently have you tried it as a third-party keyboard? If very recently, > then I regret your bad experience. I, too, had thought I had wasted my money > on the third-party keyboard option, until I tried it again last weekend. I > don't know what made the difference, an MBraille or IOS update, but it works > well now for me. I am running it on an iPhone 6, with IOS 9.2.1. I do need > to learn more about the Apple braille keyboard, just to have another > alternative. > > Arnold Schmidt > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett" <brettst...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 2:50 AM > Subject: Re: MBraille Suggestion, was Re: How many use VO Braille Screen > Input? > > > Wow! I am so glad your MBraille experience is different to mine. I bought it > before iOS braille was introduced and as a standalone app it works well and > does have more editing features than iOS braille, but as a third-party > keyboard, it is the buggiest program I have purchased. There is absolutely no > support from the author at all. > > For me the three finger swipe right to dismiss the MBraille keyboard never > works. This is replicatable 100 percent of the time. Seriously, if your > intrested in braille, learn to use the iOS keyboard and don't waist your > money on purchasing bugs. I have received better support from apps that were > free. > > Cheers, Brett. > > > Sent from Brett's iPhone > >> On 26 Jan 2016, at 6:34 PM, 'RobH.' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> wrote: >> >> keep seeing a lot of flack on the mBraille list about how flaky some of >> this is, but I took to it and would prefer this method of >> working than any other. I haven't bought the feature you describe, but >> worked pretty well the last time I tried it, which is a >> hwile ago now. But I'm still on their list and I suppose there's no more >> flack there, than here about the rest of iOs. >> >> R. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arnold Schmidt" <arno...@mindspring.com> >> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 12:23 AM >> Subject: MBraille Suggestion, was Re: How many use VO Braille Screen Input? >> >> >> 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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