What's so different about this one, as I could not use the other one that was in the App Store. If it had grade 2 support then I'd be keen to try it.
On 27 Dec 2012, at 12:31 PM, BrailleTouch <viph...@brailletouchapp.com> 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/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.
