Hi friends: Is this app similar to the type in braille app that is currently available on the app store?
Regards. Marcos Rodrigues [email protected] Em 30/12/2012, às 09:42, Søren Jensen escreveu: > Hi. > I can't wait to check out this app. Is other languages than english going to > be supported? I'm especially thinking about the danish characters. > Best regards: > Søren Jensen > Mail & MSN: > [email protected] > Website: > http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ > > Den 27/12/2012 kl. 13.31 skrev BrailleTouch <[email protected]>: > >> 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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