[nfbwatlk] Fw: Awesome new input method for blind iPad and iPhone users: brailletouch

[Kaye Kipp]

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Subject: FW: Awesome new input method for blind iPad and iPhone users: 
brailletouch


Sharing this information from our very own Zach Latin. Please pass it on to 
anyone who may benefit
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From: Zach Lattin
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 8:38 AM
To: On Campus Staff
Subject: Awesome new input method for blind iPad and iPhone users: 
brailletouch

Hi all!

I don't usually write messages like this, but this weekend I discovered an 
iPhone/iPad app that changed the way I use the device: brailletouch.

Braille Touch allows you to input text with braille on the touchscreen of 
your device, with six fingers as if it were a brailler, Braillenote, or 
similar device.  A big problem for visually impaired I-device users is the 
on-screen keyboard; there is honestly no way that a blind person can use the 
built-in touch-screen keyboard as quickly and efficiently as a sighted 
person because there is no way to touch-type.  With the functionality that 
Braille Touch brings to IOS, I can type much much faster.

There is still no grade 2 support, and do to design constraints in the OS, 
it can't work as a substitute for the onscreen keyboard, but the app does 
support copying and pasting text you have written with it and integration 
with e-mail and text messaging.  Even with these drawbacks, it's one of the 
most innovative apps I've used.  Now, I can type almost as quickly as Cindy 
Varley taking notes on her iPad during Dean's State-of-the-School meetings!

You can find out more at 
www.brailletouchapp.com<http://www.brailletouchapp.com>

Tell me what you think, and happy brailling!
--Zach