[Blindtlk] FW: [Mm-friends] Fw: [VICUG-L] [acb-l] FW: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing inbraille on your touchscreen

[Chris Nusbaum]

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an iPhone app for typing inbraille on your touchscreen

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From: "peter altschul" <paltschul at CENTURYTEL.NET>
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Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 7:06 PM
Subject: [VICUG-L] [acb-l] FW: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for
typing inbraille on your touchscreen


> From: viphone at googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone at googlegroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of BrailleTouch
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 7:32 AM
> To: viphone at googlegroups.com
> Subject: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in 
> braille on your touchscreen
>
> Greetings and Happy Holidays!
>
> My name is Caleb, and I'm one of the developers of a new iPhone app 
> called BrailleTouch.  BrailleTouch allows you to type using braille on 
> your touchscreen, and is based on the standard six key braille 
> keyboard.  We are excited to announce that BrailleTouch will be on the 
> App Store by the end of January! We hope that you will like 
> BrailleTouch and find it useful.  I'm happy to answer any questions 
> you may have, and I've included some more information about the app below.
>
> With BrailleTouch, you can send text messages, emails, and tweets from 
> the touchscreen braille keyboard.  You can also copy text you type in 
> braille to the clipboard and paste it into other apps on your iPhone.  
> There is a free version of BrailleTouch, so you can try it before you 
> buy it.  The free version lets you type in braille and hear the text 
> you entered.  Many braille instructors have told us that they would 
> like to use BrailleTouch as a teaching tool, which the free version 
> will support.  Additional features are available as In App Purchases.  
> The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and 
> tweets from the touchscreen braille keyboard.  The Clipboard Upgrade 
> allows you to copy text from the touchscreen braille keyboard and paste it
into other apps on your iPhone.
>
> BrailleTouch is based on research conducted at Georgia Tech in 
> Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where I am a graduate student.  My colleagues 
> and I tested the software with eleven volunteers who are blind.  We 
> found that people who knew the standard Perkins braille keyboard were 
> able to master BrailleTouch within an hour of practice and type at an 
> average of 23 words per minute using Grade 1 braille.  We received 
> such positive feedback that we were inspired to take this research out 
> of the laboratory and release BrailleTouch to the public.  We hope 
> this software will provide a helpful alternative to the VoiceOver 
> split tap keyboard, and that it will help improve the mobile computing 
> experience for people in the blind community who use an iPhone.
>
> BrailleTouch is fully compatible with VoiceOver.  It works on the 
> iPhone 3GS through the iPhone 5, iPod touch models since the 3rd 
> generation, and requires iOS 5.0 or a later operating system.  
> BrailleTouch is only for the iPhone and iPod touch, and is not 
> supported on the iPad.  The first release is based on North American
English Grade 1 Uncontracted Braille.
> You can choose to hear speech feedback for each character you type, 
> each word you type, or both.
>
> More information about BrailleTouch is available on our website:
> http://brailletouchapp.com/
>
> The website includes a User Guide and Frequently Asked Questions.  You 
> can also sign up for our email list, and we will notify you when we 
> have an exact release date in January for the app.
>
> We are also on Twitter:
> https://twitter.com/brailletouch
>
> With the free version of BrailleTouch, you can try out the touchscreen 
> braille keyboard and hear the text that you typed read back to you.  
> The Messaging Upgrade allows you to send text messages, emails, and 
> tweets, and costs US$9.99.  The Clipboard Upgrade allows you to copy 
> text from the braille keyboard to paste into other apps, and costs 
> US$9.99.  You must have the Messaging Upgrade first before you can get the
Clipboard Upgrade.
>
> I am happy to answer any questions you may have.  We are very excited 
> about the upcoming release of BrailleTouch on the App Store.  I hope 
> that you will like BrailleTouch and find it useful.
>
> Best wishes and happy holidays,
> Caleb
> The BrailleTouch Team
> http://brailletouchapp.com/
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