The confusion starts when you read the details, about the way you grip your phone in particular, and find this is not really anything like a Perkins... which is all fingers in a single line. To be honest, that was a leap of imagination when first introduced and we were all used to working in the 6 block pattern of braille itself. YOu got 3 fingers across the screen one end, and the other 3 across the other end. Your hands are all but facing each other; this is where it'll take a leap of imagination to flick it back. I know they described one way of thinking of this, and found that even more confusing, and guess some of the testers had the same issue, which is why the flip is included.
I likened it to an old Stainby, those braille writers had keys laid out like that. Perkins has always had a single row typewriter fashion; so like another suggestion, doing it that way for the iPad would work much better! And there's plentyof room to do it that way too. RobH. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Homiak" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 10:48 PM Subject: Re: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in braille on your touchscreen Actually, according to the user guide, it appears to me that the default layout will be just like a Perkins brailler. You hold the phone in landscape mode with the screen away from you. Then your left index finger will be dot 1, left middle dot 2, and the finger next to your pinky will be dot 3. The right hand would be the same: dot 4 is your right index finger; dot 5 is your right middle finger; dot 6 is the finger next to your right pinky. This would be exactly like a Perkins braille writer. Flipping dots 1 and 3 and flipping dots 4 and 6, if I'm picturing this crrectly, would put dots 1 and 4 under your fingers next to your pinkys. So in the flipped setting, a c would be at the two far ends of your two-hand position while in the normal default setting the letter c would be the two center points of your two-hand position. The default setting should be immediately comfortable for those of us who use a Perkins brailler; if I am picturing this correctly, I would find the flipped keyboard confusing but I imagine that depends on what you use for writing. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 31, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Georgina Joyce <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > If I understand it right. The phone is held to provide a more like > stainsby / shorthand machine formation rather than a perkins? As with the > stainsby, could the keys be reversed? For those used to writing braille on > a frame or the standard stainsby? i.e. The letter "a" dot 1 generated by > the index finger of the right or left hand? Or is the orientation dots 1 & > 4 are generated by the third finger of each hand? > > What version of grade 1 is the app going to use? Is it computer braille > thus numbers are lower case letters? Or do you need to use the number > sign? Is the full stop 2 & 5 6 or 4 6? Or will this be switchable upon > release? > > Thanks. > > Gena > > > > On 30/12/2012 06:10, BrailleTouch wrote: >> Hi Richard, >> >> Thanks for your post. There is a free version of BrailleTouch. We hope >> this >> will be useful for braille instructors, as well as for people who want to >> try the app out. You do not have to buy an upgrade to use it with your >> students. >> >> The free version goes beyond the research prototype we developed at >> Georgia >> Tech, which many braille instructors contacted us about. It will read >> back >> characters, words, or both as you type. It will also speak the full >> sentence that you typed in braille. I hope you will find this useful with >> your students. >> >> Best, >> Caleb >> http://brailletouchapp.com/ >> >> >> On Saturday, December 29, 2012 5:29:30 PM UTC-5, Richard Turner wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> Do you have prices for the various upgrades yet? >>> I am a braille instructor and have been looking forward to when this >>> would >>> be released. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Richard >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > "If you want someone who thinks outside the box, hire someone who lives > outside the box" Barbara Otto > > -- > 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. 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.
