Re: MBraille Suggestion, was Re: How many use VO Braille Screen Input?

[Gordan Radić]

Hi! I use MBraille since it was released and I'm also in the beta testing team. I tested the built-in keyboard some months ago when it was introduced and I wasn't happy about it. It worked, than it didn't , than it again did and so on. Finally, I removed the keyboard from Settings and continued to use it as before. Yesterday I was reading here that keyboard has improoved and I re-enabled it but aftera try or two I wasn't satisfied. First thing to happen was the new message alert while I was typing the message. It completely blocked the keyboard. After that I played a bit more and noticed the almost same issues as it had before. If I dismiss it i got the conversation without an edit field or if I switch keyboard to Apples virtual there's no input text. Regarding your problem, since I also use 6S Plus I can only recommend to lock it in Portrait and to use fixed Away mode in MBraille, this way you won't experience the split screens. Regarding everything else, I went back to MBraille as an app, I use copy paste with Home button and dot commands to achieve texts and e-mails which is more or less enough for my needs. If I need a quick reply to text or something from the lock screen I use VO Braille Input and somehow I'm succeeding in writing something on iPhone xD. P.S. You can't use MBraille KB from the lock screen, I tried it yesterday and the MBraille is not in the Next Keyboard list while there. S poštovanjem Gordan Radić 26.1.2016. u 22:44, Cheryl Lenartiene je napisao/la: Hi, I am experiencing the same problem as Bret. I could swipe three fingers right, all the way across the phone, and MBraille inserts an underscore, no matter how quickly or slowly, or how long or short I swipe.I am proficient with VO Braille Screen Input, but I would love to use the MBraille keyboard for its powerful features. But the inability to dismiss the keyboard stands in my way.  Also, ever since I upgraded from my iPhone 5C to a 6S Plus, most of what I write using the MBraille keyboard doesn't come out correctly. I use MBraille in Away Mode, and I suspect that my hands are just too small. The iOS Braille keyboard lets you calibrate the dot positions, and that's probably why I've had a lot more success using it. Finally, the split screen view seems to interfere with MBraille. For example, I hold the phone in portrait orientation and double tap a text field to reply to an iMessage. I then activate the MBraille keyboard and rotate the phone to landscape mode, screen facing away from me. The MBraille keyboard is dismissed, as the phone switches to the split screen view with contacts on the left and conversations on the right. If anyone has any suggestions to offer regarding any of these issues, I welcome them. I would love to use MBraille as a third party keyboard, and not just in its standalone form. Thanks! Cheryl Rejoice always! Pray continually. Give thanks in everything, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 HCSB Sent from my iPhone On Jan 26, 2016, at 2:50 AM, Brett <brettst...@gmail.com> wrote: 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 - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com     The archives for this list can be searched at:     http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/     ---     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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.     To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com.     Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone.     For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.   Sent from a Braille Sense   --   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 - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com   The archives for this list can be searched at:   http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/   ---   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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.   To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com.   Visit this group at https://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 V iPhone list. 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