Thank you! This is a clear explanation. I'm not posting any more on this and I suggest everybody save Caleb's explanation which imo is very clear and completely free from confusion. -- 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 Jan 7, 2013, at 10:28 AM, BrailleTouch <[email protected]> wrote: > Cheryl and Rob, > > I would like to apologize for any confusion about the orientation of > BrailleTouch. The website previously had the wrong wording based on an > earlier prototype, and I have since corrected it. I'm sorry about that. > > The orientation will hopefully become much clearer when the app is released > and you can actually try it out. But I will do my best to explain it here. > > The standard orientation of BrailleTouch is in landscape, with the screen > facing away from you, and the home button on your right. This will work for > everyone. Please note that, because VoiceOver does not know you have your > screen facing away, it will announce "Landscape. Home button on the left." > > When you have the app, you can easily verify the orientation by typing an A > with your left index finger. If VoiceOver says "A", everything is good. If > VoiceOver says "Capital" it thinks you pressed dot 6, so you can flip the > phone over to the other landscape orientation. Of course you also have the > Home button as a tactile landmark, which you can feel with your right hand if > you are holding it in the standard orientation. > > If you do not lock your phone in portrait mode, BrailleTouch will work in > both landscape orientations. You are free to flip it either way, and the > keyboard will rotate for you. > > I hope this helps. This is harder to explain in words than it actually is to > do in practice. > > Best, > Caleb > http://brailletouchapp.com/ > > On 1/7/2013 11:10 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: >> Rob: >> Where on the web page did you get your quote? This is just plain weird and >> extremely confusing. Here I am copying and pasting from the website from the >> link that says "user guide" but I put quotes around it. i copied and pasted >> this quote less than five minutes ago. >> >> "Now pick up your phone and turn it in landscape orientation, with the long >> side going from left to right. Flip the phone around so the screen is facing >> away from you, with the Home button on your right." >> >> Now here is what you apparently took from the website: >> >>> "Now pick up your phone and turn it in landscape orientation, with the long >>> side going from left to right. Flip the phone around so the screen is facing >>> away from you, with the Home button on your left." >> Anybody can see, hear or read with their fingers that these two quotes, both >> purportedly taken from the website's user guide, are exactly opposite in >> their placement of the home button! What is going on here? Even though I am >> looking forward to the introduction of this app and plan to try and probably >> buy it, i am becoming rather unimpressed with the confusion around this >> topic. Then throw in Caleb's comment that it only matters which way the home >> button is if you have your phone locked in portrait mode and you add another >> layer of confusion. >> >> >>> >> > > -- > 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.
