I use the same display with my iPhone. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone
On 31/10/2012, at 5:45, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am using the Refreshabraille 18. I like its size: it's thick but small in > length and width, from left to right it's about the size of the length of the > iPhone 5 and from top to bottom it's maybe half the size of the length of the > iPhone 5about as thick as a Victor Reader Stream, maybe a tiny bit thicker. > Perkins style keys, square keys. Display at the top, router buttons a little > way below, left-right buttons below that with an extra not raised button to > use as a space bar if you flip it between these (You press the left and right > controls simultaneously and then turn it around and then the braille display > is closer to you and the keys are further away; doesn't actually physically > move things around on the unit but just changes the display direction so > turning it around makes what was right/left on the display left-right). Six > keys with a blank place in between below this. Five way joystick in the > middle below keys. Keys 7, space, and 8 below this. A unique usb jack because > it's in the bottom left indented in so it can be hard to get the cable in > though I've gotten used to it. I'm liking it; it's very sturdy and works fine > but I can see that I would like more cells. But more cells would mean bigger > from left to right and, more important, more cells with the quality I want > would be more expensive. Ergonomically I kind of wish the panning buttons > could be on the edges in line with the display but it might be hard to design > that so you didn't accidentally press them. Typing feels a little cramped to > me but when one is used to a braillelite 40 which is lots bigger and has long > keys instead of a square one, they would feel cramped; I imagine i will get > used to that. The one thing that takes some getting used to, not just with > the refreshabraille but with reading braille, is the way selected text is > marked and the way fields are marked when they aren't yet made editable; a > little distracting but I am sure I'll get used to that also. If money didn't > matter, I'd get a 40-cell and it would also be something with an sd card that > could read files as a stand-alone. But since money is a factor, I'm very > happy with my refreshabraille 18, having gotten it for slightly less because > it was slightly-used. I was disappointed to find out that Aph had > discontinued the case as I would like a case for it to live in and be used in > in some situations but they say they are designing a new one. > > -- > Cheryl > > May the words of my mouth > and the meditation of my heart > be acceptable to You, Lord, > my rock and my Redeemer. > (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) > > > > On Oct 30, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Andrew Lamanche <andrew.laman...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Cheryl, >> >> May I ask which Braille display you are using and what your thoughts are on >> its performance? >> >> Thank you >> >> Andrew >> On 30 Oct 2012, at 15:46, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Yes, that is what I do: try not to stop until I get to the end of the word >>> and have put the punctuation on! My problem is that of course the six keys >>> are smaller and closer together than say on a braille writer or even my old >>> braillelite 40. i'm sure I will get used to this but right now it means >>> that I make more mistakes even though I am a proficient braille writer. >>> Then because I'm nervous about the expansion overtaking me, I probably make >>> even more mistakes which results in either having to delete the whole word >>> or inserting a letter sign so I can finish without a mess! >>> >>> -- >>> Cheryl >>> >>> May the words of my mouth >>> and the meditation of my heart >>> be acceptable to You, Lord, >>> my rock and my Redeemer. >>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I wonder if this is because of contracted Braille? I believe that is what >>>> I understood and using uncontracted Braille alleviates this problem. >>>> >>>> On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Rebecca, >>>>> >>>>> What has worked for me is, using your example, type the word baseball >>>>> immediately followed by the question mark and then wait until the word >>>>> appears on your display. It takes a couple of seconds to appear, it's >>>>> not immediate. If you type the word baseball and wait for it to appear, >>>>> then you type the question mark symbol, it will be translated into his >>>>> which is what you are seeing. It takes some getting used to but it works >>>>> once you get the hang of it. >>>>> >>>>> Les >>>>> On Oct 30, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Rebecca Ilniski <rilni...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all. When I'm typing on the braille display I am typing a word like >>>>>> baseball and then I type the question mark it comes out as baseballhis >>>>>> why does this happen? Is there anyway to fix this issue other than to >>>>>> keep backspacing and correcting it only to have to do it again? Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> Rebecca and Zeb >>>>>> rilni...@gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>>> Google Group. >>>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>> Google Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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