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Re: Impressed, but frustrated with bluetooth Braille
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Tom Lange <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom Lange <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 11 Jul 2014 07:07:20 -0700
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Hi Jeff, from the looks of things it seems that you were typing your message in Grade II Braille, which is fine, but you need to be aware of a couple of things.  First, the delay that you experienced has more to do with  IOS's on-the-fly Grade II to text translation than a problem with the Apex.  Second, when you do type your messages in Grade II, beware of (a) using Nemeth code when writing numbers as Nemeth 2 which gets translated to bb, Nemeth 3 to cc, Nemeth 4 to dd et cetera, and (b) pausing too long on any given letter which IOS may  interpret as a contraction. Case in point: the word "canurious" in your message below.  In short, when typing in Grade II, be darn tuick about it.  If precision is what you're after and you're prepared to spend a little extra time, do a g chord to turn contractions off, then write your missive in Computer Braille.  That is exactly what I did when I replied to your post.  Oh, and just so you know, the quirks that you experienced have been around for quite some time, at least a couple of years, and probably won't change any time soon. We Braille users just have to be a little extra careful because of the on-the-fly translation.  I love using my Apex with my iPhone 5s, quirks notwithstanding, and I'm sure you'll come to really enjoy it too. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 10, 2014, at 8:43 AM, Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Greetings, I am impressed and delighted !be a !try out an Apex paired with my phone which I am  using right now. However, I got a -plaint that one Every-mail I sent looked reY bad. The -plaint was letters where numbers were supposed !be. I have the phone right next !the Apex with the delay that is !be expected but eything looked fine.  I was canurious !know how others are getting used !the way things are typed andthe delay.
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