[blindkid] Apex & iBooks iPad Interaction

[DrV]

In this instance, it is a device-specific issue: On an Apex the "O" Chord
(space-O) is a device-specific command function that opens up the
BrailleNote Options Menu.
 
We¹ve learned that the solution is to use a ³pass-through command², that is
­ in order to enter space-o, space-e, or other Keysoft commands that work
for other braille display devices, on an Apex you must first press
³enter-4-5-6² to tell Keysoft to ignore the next keystroke. Thus to advance
pages in iBooks on an Apex you need to first press 4+5+6+enter & then the
O-space chord. It works. So far quite a few books are readable on the
braille display with VoiceOver program on (my kids prefer with the sound
muted). Some of the younger kid¹s books are pretty cool and have great
audio-descriptions of the pictures (ie: ³Reach for the Stars² by Serge
Bloch). Interestingly, the Spanish version of the iBook ³Matilda² by Roald
Dahl reads aloud fine using the Spanish VoiceOver, but appears kind of
gibberishy on the Braille display, yet it reads fine on the braille display
if the regular USA English VoiceOver is on.


Best wishes,
EricV

On 9/19/12 12:15 PM, "Brandon and Sarah" <lanesims at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, I didn't include what I was responding to in my earlier post...
> 
> 
>>  > Have you seen the Humanware tutorial for using Apex with iOS devices?
>>  If not, here is the link:
>> 
>>  
>> http://support.humanware.com/en-usa/support/braillenote_apex/using_braillenot
>> e_apex_with_ios_devices
>> 
>>  If you can't cut/paste that link, just go to the Humanware Support
>>  page for Apex and then to the Tutorials page, where the link will show
>>  up.
>> 
>>  We've been learning to use a Brailliant with iPod, which I think
>>  should share the same commands, but we haven't used iBooks, only
>>  Bookshare.
>> 
>>  Brandon
>> 
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