Regarding that first one, the so-called braille Kindle, forget that for mobile use. I just heard an update about that, an interview on blind bargains audio. It's going to be big something you would use on a desktop. And it's not really made for use with a screen reader either. So, won't be any good for what you are talking about. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 25, 2016, at 9:20 AM, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Keith, > Not an answer for the immediate future, but later this year, if all promises > prove true, we should have a choice between at least two different full-page > refreshable braille displays.The first one is from M I T University (I think > I have that right) which they are calling a kind of braille kindle. The > second is called BLtab. both claim that their products will be much cheaper > than existing Braille displays. I have been following the quest for the holy > Braille for some years now, but, finally, I think we might actually have got > there! so, watch this space! > Good luck, Sandy > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 25 Mar 2016, at 16:07, Keith Bundy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, all. I am experiencing a rather embarrassing problem. When trying to >> read from the Bible aloud at church, I am finding that there seems to be no >> current solution that keeps me from stumbling in my reading. >> >> Let me briefly explain the situation. I am an excellent Braille reader using >> a Brailliant display with IOS 9.3. I have the Bible from Life Church and >> have tried reading from it. What I find is that often, there are only two or >> three Braille words on a line, and sometimes only one word, which means that >> I have to hit the panning button again and this makes me read rather >> awkwardly. I had a sighted friend check yesterday, and the screen has a full >> line of text. Yet, whether using Braille or just flicking right with >> VoiceOver, often there are only one or two words that appear. >> >> I have tried downloading Bibles from Bookshare, but they all seem to have >> footnote indicators or the footnotes themselves, which again makes my >> reading very choppy. I have a Bible from IBooks, but it takes forever to >> load this and to search on my iPhone 6 with 16 gb. >> >> What I am looking for is a simple way to read the Bible aloud from Braille >> where the line is full except for when there are paragraph changes. Does >> anyone have any ideas? Thanks for any help you can give. >> >> Keith >> >> >> >> -- >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected] >> >> 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 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. > > 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 [email protected] > > 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 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. 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 [email protected] 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 https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
