[Blindmath] IPhone Bluetooth Braille Keyboard

Dasha Radford dasha95 at nc.rr.com
Sat Dec 22 22:08:29 UTC 2012


I might consider complaining to Apple about this. If they don't know they can't change anything.

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 22, 2012, at 4:56 PM, Alex Hall <mehgcap at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can input grade 0 symbols, so it is useful for the basics.
> However, the contraction translator is not very good and so, even if
> you do enable UEB by switching to a British language, you will
> probably be frustrated while trying to input text. I personally stick
> to grade 0 all the time on iOS and will do so until something better
> is done for translation.
> 
> On 12/22/12, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com> wrote:
>> While I agree Braille displays are useful for maths, I would say the
>> voiceover support for Braille is currently inadequate for input or output of
>> maths.
>> 
>> Also the original question did not specify about math use for said devices,
>> hence my comment on relevance.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPod
>> 
>> On 22 Dec 2012, at 15:11, Jose Tamayo <jtblas at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Actually, it might apply for this list.  I would be interested in a
>>> braille
>>> keyboard that works for entering math into documents that I put on my
>>> DropBox folder on my iPhone.  In fact, I think a braille keyboard would
>>> be
>>> very beneficial for folks like  me who are doing Math on the BrailleNote
>>> but
>>> want to extend it to the iPhone.
>>> 
>>> There are other Math solutions that I am not allowed to discuss on this
>>> list, which would benefit from a braille keyboard  like this one.
>>> 
>>> Don't worry, it totally applies.  It is part of the big picture dsolution
>>> for those that want to do mathematics.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Jose Tamayo
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Griego-Dreicer, Zachary n
>>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 11:45 PM
>>> To: Ian Perrault
>>> Cc: National Federation of the Blind Mathema
>>> Subject: Re: [Blindmath] IPhone Bluetooth Braille Keyboard
>>> 
>>> Hi Ian, I don't necessarily think this is the correct list for this, but
>>> I
>>> am not a moderator, so I will leave it up to them to decide. I have a
>>> braille note apex connected to my iPhone, and I like the set up quite
>>> nicely!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone using VoiceOver
>>> 
>>> On Dec 21, 2012, at 9:33 PM, "Ian Perrault" <iperrault at hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi
>>>> How is the braille Bluetooth keyboard for the IPhone and IPod? I have an
>>> IPhone and am considering getting one. Does the braille keyboard also have
>>> a
>>> braille display, or is that separate? Where can you get one?
>>>> Ian
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