The Hable One - A Braille Inspired Smartphone Remote Controller For The Blind
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- This is the Hable One, a smartphone and tablet remote control for the blind and visually impaired. According to the website, "Using your smartphone with a visual impairment can sometimes be frustrating and difficult. At Hable, we like to make this easier for you. The Hable One is the most convenient physical keyboard for the entire smartphone operation".
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After I heard about the Hable, I had to come here and see if you'd reviewed it. So my HS braille student and I watched this video. If we get one donated through Donor's Choose, she learn to use it before she goes to college and help teach my elementary students. I also like that it can be used on iPhones and Androids.
I absolutely love my Hable One! I’d get another one if I could afford it haha. It’s replaced all of my other bluetooth keyboards and I’m faster at typing with it than almost anything else. I like that I can even use it with Voiceover turned off at the times when I’m listening to something but also want to type.
Hi @razzterizzi5128. If you have product ideas to combine Hable with other devices! Lets us know.
You can type on it without the voice over on? I didn't know that. How do you know what your typed without the voice over on?
I have a little vision so I can tell I'm typing when Voiceover is off. But I don't need to see to type. I'm very confused about how often people ask that question, do people only use keyboards by looking at them now? I even have keyboard feedback turned mostly off in Voiceover, I don't like hearing every letter and piece of punctuation dictated back to me while I'm writing, it's very confusing when that happens. But yeah, the Hable acts like any other keyboard even with Voiceover off, one of the things it does beter than Orbit Writer.
@@razzterizzi5128 Oh, I think I would have to remember what I've typed with the voice over off when I use it. Is it possible for the voice over to only read words?
@@mayapatel62442 Yeah that's what I do when I'm using the Hable with Voiceover off (which isn't all of the time, just sometimes). I type really fast with it so it's easier to remember that way. You can set Voiceover to just say words when typing. It's in Accessibility - Voiceover - Typing - Typing Feedback. There are options for all keyboard types, software and hardware.
Honestly, this looks really neat. I do have a Focus Braille display but don't always want to whip it out for quick Braille typing. This looks like it kind of takes screen-away Braille Screen Input and makes it physical; very cool! I kind of wish there was one in the more familiar Perkins-type layout for tabletop use, but my fingers fly on BSI anyway now I've used it since it first came out, so this could be a really nifty little tool! Thanks for the awesome keyboard!
Wish there was a love button.....(sending auto voice "much love to you, and what you do")
Haha love the idea. Maybe some easter eggs in the Hable?
Love the idea of hable! Better than braille screen input in some ways. 😁💕
Hi @carrieonaccessibility, hope you are enjoying your Hable
Another benefit of this device over refreshable braille displays is that is pairs like a bluetooth keyboard so it reconnects very easily when turned on without losing the pairing if the phone is already on (which is an issue with braille displays)
I did the Hable challenge where I got to use one for a week, but was not able to purchase it at the end, but it was not because I didn’t want to! I used it a lot
Hi @liammccoy7502 Can we help in any way to make it possible for you to have a Hable? We can think along. Since you were a participant, we would try to source the Hable through other channels.
@@hableoneI will send you an email if that is okay
Hey Sam! I actually just got one of these and it’s awesome. Thanks for the video. I found it to be very helpful as I go. I have the Orbit Writer also and I find this one a lot easier to use even with VoiceOer off.
I heard so much about this device! One of my friends has one.
This is a great video! I love the incredible work you put out into The World.
Thank you very much!
Ok, this one's definitely cool. I have this bluetooth keyboard for my tablet, but the control gestures aren't particularly intuitive, so I only use it for typing. This controller would bridge the gap, and I'd never need to pick up the tablet.
@thefatbat5556 you can get your hands on it, to increase the coolness factor
Awesome. I've had it in my hands and loved how comfortable it felt. I haven't tried it out yet, can't wait!
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Super useful and accessible device!
Wow, I have to get this for my friend
We can help there :)
cool device. may have to check this out later. yep.
Yesss this is soo cool this is one device I wanted him to review the most soo hyped thanks for the video
Woohoo really happy that you are happy.
I'm really considering getting this keyboard, but it's pretty expensive. Also, I'm concerned about charging the device. According to the documentation, it comes with a USB-C charging cable, but what I'm not so sure about is whether it comes with a charging brick, or if I'm going to have to get a charging brick from somewhere.
Not bad at all!
We think the same!
I use Hable to manage Zoom calls. I can mute and unmute, turn on camera and type into chat while streaming from my iPad. 11:11 11:14
This will also tdo great with commentary screen reader! Sorry if I'm spamming the comments here, but I'm just watching this and getting ideas! This device sounds awesome!
I wonder if it's CSR is supported...
We are curious if it does. Did anyone get to check this?
That looks really interesting Sam. Thanks for that video.
How about writing with it though? Are there different modes for those that know Braille and those that don’t?
@bzobzo2359 You can type in 3 ways. Dedicated button to activate Dictation. Second is dedicated button to send voice messages on messenger or whatsapp. Third braille if you know it.
Great video again
Although not sure I need this device however it triggers one question
Is there a way of connecting a standard PC Computer style keyboard to my iPhone I imagine via Bluetooth
After that I would like to write emails etc including most importantly spell checking
Utilising VoiceOver
Thanks
Cheers
Hey there, you can definitively do that! Normal (Bluetooth) keyboards can be paired with iPhones. If VoiceOver is activated, many of the shortcuts on Mac VoiceOver also work on iphone. In fact, Hable One works by emulating a normal Bluetooth keyboard.
Yea, I've been learning braille for almost 10 years now and I still am not fluent haha 😅 it's really hard to learn if u didn't start as a child
When you have your smart phone in your pocket, specifically, an iPhone, can you do this with the phone locked? I'm at a loss as to how I could have my phone in my pocket, without it constantly contacting the inside of the pocket and triggering all sorts of unwanted actions. I'd love this if it could take over and disable the iphone touch screen.
BTW, I learned to type fluently in Braille when I got a Braille 'n Speak, an old notetaker with Braille keyboard for input and speech output. Similar, I think, to typing on this. The beauty of a Braille keyboard, not the virtual one, but one with real keys, is you can pretty much type without feedback. A QWERTY keyboard is not so good for that because it's easier to make mistakes, shift your fingers over one key and type garbage and not know it. With a Braille keyboard, even for someone who cannot tactually read Braille, your fingers don't move off the keys, so it's harder to make mistakes and easier to type on the go, standing up, etc.
Yes Andre you can unlock your iPhone while it’s in your pocket or bag , navigate etc, using pretty much any accessible app, want to send a text navigate to it and write it and send while it’s in your pocket. Want to make a call unlock your phone navigate to contacts to make your call while it remains in your pocket.
Hey Sam, I’m a tech lover so I was just wondering which android phone were you using and which iPhone were you using? Thank you just curious.
Hi Sam, love the review. How exactly could you use the Hable One to improve one's Braille literacy? I really want to get better at Braille. After hurricane Michael in 2018 it made finding things sho much easier because I had the basics marked in Braille. There were a number of things where having Braille marking would have definitely helped (emergency food anyone?). Thanks for all you do, I really appreciate it.
Hi there, Hable can be used to learn alphabets. Because you can practise them on your smart devices, it will help you learn and remember better.
I first bought my hable for navigating around my phone. But then, in meetings, I thought I could use it for notetaking on my phone, just meeting notes, reminders, etc. I wanted to become better at braille and a lot of the gestures are braille letters, so you start learning to actively use braille right away and from there I started learning the key combinations to type. I wish it could be programmed to support stenography. That would be awesome.
Wow! This sounds awesome! Wonder if you can pair this thing to an Amazon fire tablet.
@mckensieparker6414 we tried it and you can pair it with fire tablet.
@@hableone Sweet!
Wow! That also means I won't have to deal with virtual keyboards anymore!
Yeah. Nice to have something cjlicky!!
Very true
Hey Sam.
Hope you had a wonderful time in Orlando! One of these days I will make it up there and finally get to meet you in person.
I was wondering can you connect this to your Apple watch or android watch?
@anodysseyofsteven1985 it works on some smart watches. Which one do you have? Happy to test it for you.
@@hableone thank you for answering my comment. I don’t have a Apple Watch per se, but I am thinking about getting one. If I did get one, it probably would be the Apple Watch Ultra or whatever watch is current. thank you again.
Is there a gesture to turn voiceover on and off?
Hi Sam,
I see that you have a nice huge clock on home screen on your android Device. I am trying to have the same on mine. I am using the default clock widgit, but the text size is not that huge, like yours. May I know how you got that huge clock?
Edit: I think I know why I am facing this problem. I am keeping a very tight grid size, as I want lot of icons to fit on my home screen. Your grid size is much looser, probably because you want icons to be large. I want only widgit text to be large, not icons or icon text.
BTW, I am also using Nova launcher.
there are several large clock widgets available on the play store. I would I would just do a search for large digital clock widget. Favorites is called DigiClock. the widget does offer several different sizes, I believe a four-by-four is the largest. You may need to play with the grid size to find a balance between small icons and a large widget.
@@theblindlife to make the Hable as easy to use on the left wrist if you’d prefer you can actually invert the buttons there’s a setting explaining how in the manual I believe.
And I also know braille!
Yikes. Holy sticker shock Batman, for what is essentially a remote control.
782 notis??
All of you CSR users, the commands I figure, will all be the same!
Super!