Yes'ish! It'll do the same when you're done paying; but you do get to type with all 6 fingers like real braille.
RobH. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcos Rodrigues" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 3:18 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen 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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