Yes, I originally thought the dots would be arranged along the long side of the phone horizontally. But actually, the fact that this was not the case actually was discussed after the podcast came out. But there has been a lot of traffic on this subject so it's not surprising that some people missed this. When I type with the iPhone and BrailleTouch, I think of a braille cell more than of a Perkins brailler. i think that using typeinbraille kind of prepared me for this.
-- 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 Feb 1, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, I didn't hear the podcasts on Braille Touch before release, but > thought I'd download it and have a play. The fact that you can try the app > before purchase is excellent. > > I am a lifelong Braille user and input in Braille every day. And I think this > is my problem. When I heard about Braille Touch, I imagined that you would > input Braille in the same way that you would on a Perkins or refreshable > Braille display that offers a keyboard. But really you don't. On such > products, the keys are aligned horizontally. Perhaps there's a little > diagonal placement for the sake of ergonomics, but fundamentally they are > horizontal. With Braille Touch, however, dost 1, 2 and 3 are under each > other. This is how they obviously appear when reading the cell, but not when > you're inputting. So people who do a lot of input on refreshable Braille > displays are going to have to remember to Braille as the cell looks, not as > they would on a Braille device. > > I wonder if making the dots horizontal could be a future setting. I think > there's enough screen space for this to work, and I know for my part I'd find > it more intuitive because of the amount of Brailling I do on other devices. > > Congrats to the developers on the app. > > Jonathan > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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 Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
