I've been writing braille since I was seven years old, which would make it about 46 years. So I'm generally as comfortable with a braille writer keyboard as I am with a regular keyboard. However, since I started using computers, I've had more occasion to use a reggular keyboard than a braille keyboard, and notice that now I'm a bit slower on those, especially the braille keyboards of electronic devices, like the Braille Plus and the braille and speak. When I use a braille plus, I generally plug a USB keyboard to it, unless I ggo out. In that case I take it sans keyboard for more portability. Thumb braille, which if I understand correctly is the use of a telephone keypad to write text, would be very time consuming and uncomfortable for me. That's why I got the braille plus.
Marta----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lumpkin" <llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 10:05 AM Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Thumb Braillethumb braille seemed awkward to me at first but I've gotten pretty good at it and find it much faster then texting. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Lambert
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 3:39 AM Subject: [icon-discuss] Thumb BrailleI know it's a learning curve, but I was curious about Thumb Braille in a sense of how efficient it was when compared to texting. This, obviously, is for the times when I want to enter quick notes or download books on the go, as I do plan to use a QWERTY keyboard or the QWERTY docking station for more intensive work.
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