Hi. I've just spent a little time playing with navigation on the fire
tablet and it's wonderful...much nicer than navigating swiping across
the screen. It's also far quicker and much more responsive too. The
list of shortcut keys, basic as they are all work but Peter Corn has, in
some instances, put down the wrong key command for doing certain
things. So, in his email which Mary received he put down that dots
1-3-4-6 chord was Z when in fact it is X. It is the z chord that you
need to navigate back a screen.
I have just navigated to the kindle first page on the kindle store and
bought my monthly entitlement all using the Braille display and not a
single finger on the screen at all so that's brilliant.
The one thing I can't seem to get working is keyboard input which is a
shame really. There aren't any shortcut keys on the list to indicate
that you can do it either. I've looked in keyboard settings on the fire
tablet and you don't seem to be able to switch from fire standard
keyboard so don't know quite how you would get around this. You can
certainly navigate to and activate edit fields. I was able to get to the
app switcher and the notifications shade also.
I might drop an email to Peter Corn myself to see if he can cast any
light on this one. I also have no idea about GPS and honestly, I'd
rather use my iPhone for that. A tablet, to me at least, is a little
too big to be carrying round on the move. Not to mention mine is Wifi
only. If I get a response from Peter I'll let you know but even for
very basic navigation either with or without speech to me it's much
quicker and more efficient and can only improve.
Kerry
On 19/07/2017 16:04, David Bradburn wrote:
Hi everyone,
FYI, Amy Ruell has ordered one of these Fire tablets for testing inhouse. Once
she has received it and connected to her VarioUltra, my hope is that she will
can post her findings to the list.
Regards,
David Bradburn
President | BAUM USA
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E: dbradburn@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On 7/19/17, 10:51 AM, "varioultra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of CAROLYN HAAS"
<varioultra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of carolynhaas@xxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Cordelia:
I have the samd questions. I hope someone on list will respond.
Carolyn
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> On Jul 19, 2017, at 1:43 AM, C.Scharpf <CScharpf@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am closely following the discussion and tips about connecting/using VU
> with Fire HD 8, but I have not invested in any mobile device yet.
>
> Here are a couple of specific questions I hope someone can answer for me.
>
> --Other than reading books on the Fire HD 8, have you tried using other
apps
> while connecting VU with it? Are you satisfied with navigating and
executing
> commands?
>
> --Would you say that inputting on the Braille keyboard is more efficient
and
> dependable than swiping on the screen?
>
> --Have you tried the GPS on Fire HD 8, and how does it compare to GPS on
> other tablets or mobile phones? What-if at all-gets displayed on the VU,
or
> would it be advisable to use the voice output only?
>
> Please respond privately if my questions go off-topic. Thanks.
>
> Best,
> Cordelia
>
>
