Hi Sandy.
Thanks for your question. We designed BrailleTouch so that you hold the
phone in the special way, with two hands in landscape and the screen
facing away from you. The advantage of doing this is that it allows your
fingers to naturally fall on the touchscreen braille keyboard without
any tactile landmarks. We have tested this with many blind users with
great success!
Some people have told us they have also had success laying the phone on
a flat surface and typing with BrailleTouch. We have not officially
tested this, so we don't officially support this way of using the app or
include this in our User Guide. However, I encourage people to try this
out if they would prefer to type this way. This is one of the reasons we
offer a free trial of BrailleTouch, so you can see how it works for you
before purchasing the upgrade. We welcome any feedback on using
BrailleTouch in this non-standard way. For this way of typing to work,
you will need to make sure that your left hand stays on the left side of
the screen for dots 1-2-3, and your right hand stays on the right side
of the screen, for dots 4-5-6. Otherwise BrailleTouch will become
confused as to what braille characters you are typing.
Best,
Caleb
http://brailletouchapp.com/
On 1/6/2013 8:40 AM, Sandy Finley wrote:
Caleb, all of the discussion about Braille Touch has the user holding the
phone in this special way. I see how that will work, but Is it also
possible to take the phone out of its case and lie it flat on a hard
surface? Why would that also not work?
Sandy
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We recommend using a case with BrailleTouch for several reasons.
1. A case will help you grip the phone from the sides with both hands.
2. On the iPhone the speaker is under the Home button. A case will help keep
your hand from blocking the speaker, if you use the speaker and not
headphones. (The speaker location on the iPod touch is not an issue.) 3. A
case will help orient your fingers on the screen when you are typing.
It may work for you without a case. Please try the app with the free version
first.
Best,
Caleb
http://brailletouchapp.com/
On 1/5/2013 10:18 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
They recommend a case but I don't think I need one; I'm not planning to do
typing anywhere where I think i'd drop the phone anyway. But I don't think
you need to be stationary either if you mean sitting down somewhere; i think
i can do it standing or walking somewher where I am familiar with my
surroundings and not needing to use my cane. But then I don't type anyway
without these factors. I'm not typing on the virtual keyboard or pulling out
my bluetooth keyboard in situations where I'd have to balance them while
trying to get somewhere though I'm sure some have the skill to do this.
Dictation also has its limitations in a noisy environment so whatever you
do, there are limitations. That's why it's good there are several options.
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