[NFB-Science] Questions about the Orbit Writer SmartPhone companion

[Brian Buhrow]

On Apr 21, 10:32am, Emily Schlenker via NFB-Science wrote:
} Hi. If I were you I would save your money. I bought one and I guess I am a very fast typer of braile, because I had tremendous latency problems and often it would skip entire words when I was trying to write things in a text message or in a note.
} Hope this helps.
} Emily 

	I'm not sure these issues are the fault of the Orbit Writer.  I found that any time I use
a bluetooth input device with my iOS devices, I get lost characters, latency issues and a
general loss of usability.  It may be exacerbated by VoiceOver, since I don't see complaints
like this from folks who use external keyboards without VoiceOver runing.  VoiceOver is a huge
CPU time suck, not to mention a battery hog, which is why newer iOS devices don't feel much
faster than the old devices did.  In general, however, if you're wanting to use the Orbit
Writer with iOS, I agree with Emily; I don't think it's a great solution.  If, however, you
want to use it with some other bluetooth environment, it will probably work fine.
-Brian