Hello all,
I'm working on a Braille certification. I know you can use Perky Duck to basically emulate a good ol Perkins Brailler, so none of the symbols you input get translated, so it's like a virtual piece of Braille paper. It's only on Windows and Mac though.
I was looking at laptops as a suggestion for Santa to bring me, but there's so many options that are really overwhelming, never mind figuring out what OS/screen reader to use. Theoretically at least, I could just do most of what I would need on my iPhone with a BT keyboard. It's certainly fast enough! If I went with a PC, I'd have to learn Windows 11 and probably pay for 365, which is yet another sub. No thanks. lol I could go with an MBA which has iWork which is free (yes, I know it's not MS Word), but then there's the growing narrative that VoiceOver has stagnated on macos.
I also thought about upgrading my Braille display to something with an onboard editor, like a Brailliant or Orbit Reader, but I don'tthink that will do what I need either.
I want to just use my iPhone if I can. Any suggestions?
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BSI?
Hi there,
Would Braille Screen Input, BSI, updated as of iOS 18, meet your needs?
BSI
AFAIK, BSI wouldn't work because text gets translated as soon as you enter a space. Essentially, I just need the raw dot numbers of the cells I'm inputting i.e. typing 1-2-3-5 would give me exactly that when entering the dots for the letter R. At least, that's how I think a friend who has used perky duck explained it to me. I also think it has its own file type that it saves to. BSI would be awesome though since I use it all the time, but I don't think there's a way to make your inputs not be insta translated.
Not for IOs ….
Braille Blaster and Braille 2000 are windows/Mac programs that Braille transcribers use. I work in a school district with transcribers and these are the programs that they use. You can find info about them on YouTube. American Printing House has some other programs as well. I have not encountered any apps for IOS though. American printing house can be found at aph.org
Hope this helps.
there's the braille dot…
there's the braille dot patterns table, you can get it in setings, this might do what you want, here is an example
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