So what do you recommend then? I just got my wife an orbit writer and I'm a bit 
nervous about this if backspacing is buggy.

> On Mar 22, 2022, at 4:00 PM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> I'm not quite following your message, but like I said, if you're using 
> contracted braille, VoiceOver will get confused when you start back spacing.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jennie 
> Facer
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 1:22 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Orbit Writer
> 
> Wow! When I changed my typing feedback to characters, my Orbit writer does 
> tell me what I am backspacing, but it does something rather weird. When I 
> backspace something, it puts in wesrd characters. I'm playing with it now 
> trying to figure it out. When I typed in characters andthen backspaced it, it 
> entered weird things. It now is working fine, but that was definitely weird. 
> I'll play with this more later and let you know.
> 
> Justenn 
> 
> Jenn and Kumi
> 
>> On Mar 22, 2022, at 12:12 PM, Jennie Facer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> For some reason, I can't get the Orbt writer to tell me what I am 
>> backspacing. I may toy turning my settings to words or something to see if 
>> that works, but for now, I can't tell what I'm writing.
>> 
>> jenn
>> 
>> Jenn and Kumi
>> 
>>> On Mar 21, 2022, at 2:16 PM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> My Orbit Writer does announce what I'm deleting when I backspace. I can't 
>>> track down a setting that would change this though. I will say though that 
>>> if you're using contracted braille then the Orbit Writer will get confused 
>>> when you start backspacing. You can avoid this by using uncontracted 
>>> braille or switching to the on screen keyboard to do your deleting.
>>> 
>>> I was also just looking through my Orbit Writer documentation, and another 
>>> misconception I'd like to clear up is that you can connect your Orbit 
>>> Writer through the braille support in VoiceOver, but you can also connect 
>>> it as a keyboard through the Bluetooth settings. I don't do this myself, 
>>> but I know some expressed a concern about having to go through the 
>>> VoiceOver settings to pair the Orbit Writer. Obvoiusly, if you skip 
>>> VoiceOver then you'll be losing out on functionality you only get through 
>>> VoiceOver.
>>> 
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
>>> Brandon A. Olivares
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 4:06 PM
>>> To: VIPhone <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: Orbit Writer
>>> 
>>> Please let me know about the backspace thing, as I'd think that could get 
>>> annoying.
>>> 
>>> Brandon
>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 2, 2022, at 4:22 PM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hmm, I'll have to take a look, but I'd think this could be changed in 
>>>> IOS's keyboard or braille settings.
>>>> 
>>>> I too love my Orbit Writer. I like the fact that I can pair it to multiple 
>>>> devise and then switch between them. The only thing I thought was a 
>>>> challenge, and this isn't the fault of the device itself, is all of the 
>>>> keyboard commands I tried to learn to replace any on screen gesture I 
>>>> might use. There's just a lot of them and there's only so much Apple and 
>>>> Orbit can do to make them intuitive.
>>>> 
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
>>>> Jennie Facer
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 10:51 AM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: Orbit Writer
>>>> 
>>>> The only thing I did not like about the Writer is that when i backspaced 
>>>> something, it would not tell me what i was deleting. Other than that, I 
>>>> love it!
>>>> 
>>>> Jenn
>>>> 
>>>> Jenn and Kumi
>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 2, 2022, at 8:29 AM, Brandon A. Olivares 
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've been seeing discussion of the Orbit Reader on the list. This 
>>>>> prompted me to look up the product as I had never heard of it before.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That's when I discovered the Orbit Writer. I'm wondering if anyone here 
>>>>> has used it and what your impression of it is? I don't care as much right 
>>>>> now about having a braille display, but having an easier way to write in 
>>>>> braille would be useful. Any input or tips would be appreciated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Brandon
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