[Nfb-krafters-korner] O T Info on braille touch app.

[Carol Osmar]

Here is  some info on the braille touch app.

 Subject: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing in 
braille on your touchscreen
  Reply-To: viphone at googlegroups.com
  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:
  httpccbrailletouchapp.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:
  httpscctwitter.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 USDD9.99.  The Clipboard 
Upgrade allows you to copy text from the braille keyboard to 
paste into other apps, and costs USDD9.99.  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
  httpccbrailletouchapp.com/
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