You type braille using all 6 fingers like a real braillist; and there's caveats even then. BGut more intuitive than the typein braille method, though I got reasonable good at that.
RobH. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kawal Gucukoglu" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 10:52 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen 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 <[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]. 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