But we write with multiple fingers when using a braille display on our IOS devices so why the complaints now because it's an App?
Kawal. On 30 Dec 2012, at 05:12 PM, Rob Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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