Hi Caleb, This is very exciting news. Are you planning for an option to use Grade II (contracted) braille, and if so, how soon?
Did your group present a demo of the BrailleTouch system last year on the "Accessible World" channel? Thanks so much for the information. I predict that your app will be extremely useful. Penny Reeder On 12/24/12, BrailleTouch <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings and Happy Holidays! > > My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app > called BrailleTouch. BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on > your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille keyboard. > We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the App Store by > the end of January! We hope that you will like BrailleTouch and find it > useful. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and I've > included some more information about the app below. > > With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from > the touchscreen braille keyboard. You can also copy text you type in > braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone. > There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you > buy it. The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text you > entered. Many braille instructors have told us that they would like to > use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version will > support. Additional features are available as In App Purchases. The > Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets > from the touchscreen braille keyboard. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you > to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it into > other apps on your iPhone. > > BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, > Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student. My colleagues and I tested > the software with eleven volunteers who are blind. We found that people > who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were able to master > BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an average of 23 > words per minute using Grade 1 braille. We received such positive > feedback that we were inspired to take this research out of the > laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public. We hope this software > will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver split tap keyboard, > and that it will help improve the mobile computing experience for people > in the blind community who use an iPhone. > > BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver. It works on the iPhone > 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd generation, > and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system. BrailleTouch is only > for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not supported on the iPad. The > first release is based on North American English Grade 1 Uncontracted > Braille. You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you > type, each word you type, or both. > > More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website: > http://brailletouchapp.com/ > > The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions. You > can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we have > an exact release date in January for the app. > > We are also on Twitter: > https://twitter.com/brailletouch > > With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen > braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you. The > Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and tweets, > and costs US$9.99. The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy text from > the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs US$9.99. You > must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the Clipboard > Upgrade. > > I am happy to answer any questions you may have. We are very excited > about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store. I hope that > you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful. > > Best wishes and happy holidays, > Caleb > The BrailleTouch Team > http://brailletouchapp.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/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
