[nfbmi-talk] Fw: [Blindtlk] FW: [Mm-friends] Fw: [VICUG-L] [acb-l] FW: IntroducingBrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing inbraille on yourtouchscreen

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IntroducingBrailleTouch - an iPhone app for typing inbraille on 
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> an iPhone app for typing inbraille on your touchscreen
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> Subject: [VICUG-L] [acb-l] FW: Introducing BrailleTouch - an iPhone app 
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> typing inbraille on your touchscreen
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>> 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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