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Hey Kristy, This video is amazing, thanks for showing us how you get around using technology. I'm a digital designer and this is the kind of things I wish more companies would spend their money and research on... certainly why I chose this career, I always thought technology should always be used to improved people's lives... Again, thanks for sharing this video with everybody!
My mum’s losing her sight at the moment. I’m so happy I stumbled across this video. I’m sure that showing her this will help reduce anxiety over becoming isolated / out of touch with people. Thank you Kristy!
That’s really incredible to see (and hear!) that in action! I was just thinking yesterday about how far the voice commands and speech-to-text functions have come, and I was wondering how well an iPhone would work for the visually impaired! Crazy timing then, because I didn’t google that; it was just a stray thought. Then this came up on my news feed this morning, so I had to check it out! Thanks for creating this channel and sharing your experiences!
Very cool to learn this! I am teaching my Japanese students universal design and thought this would be really interesting for them. Thank you for sharing the process in such an easy-to-understand and succinct way!
It’s great that Apple has thought to help the visually impaired people use their products! Thank you for sharing, I’m now curious to learn Braille and test to see myself what it is like using my iPhone and iPad blind. It’s good that there are features like these to help you and others use their phones in everyday life
Your braille keyboard reminds me a lot of a project called GKOS, it's a minimal, chorded keyboard with just 6 keys, that can reproduce any keystroke in a standard keyboard and also has some typography features to speed up common words (like words beginning with 'th') and mouse control. I thought it was such a promising design, accessible and (IIRC) open source, but I never saw it implemented on anything. I think this is the first time I saw something very close to it (even the way to use it, 3 fingers on each side) being used at this speed. Very cool!
Amazing. I watched this years ago as part of an accessibility course. I'm going sharing this with my workmates for when we design elearning training items.
Hi Kristy, thank you for sharing, I am a UX/UI designer. It's great to learn how technology has enhance lives for all users. I hope to learn and apply it on my work.
I have been somehow trying to help my maternal uncle to use smartphone as he is Visually Impaired, but I am myself amazed by seeing your typing using braille, surely he will be happy using it.
That is so cool! Your are amazing! More people need to see this so that it can be focused on more. Technology is made to help improve our lives and this will show how it helps and how they can improve it!
Never knew of this feature. Im actually just trying to unlock a phone that got set to braille. But this is wonderfully amazing. Great job on this ACCESSIBILITY feature. Great damn job
Hi Kristy I saw the viral video on Facebook, your tutorial of how it works for those who do not have the opportunity to see, these tutorials are really very useful, you are an extraordinary person, I send you a big hug , Pietro from Italy.
@Kristy Viers Thanks for sharing this here. I saw a video of you that went viral but you weren't attached, so I couldn't share how thrilled I was that you found BrailleTouch helpful enough to share with the world. You type very gracefully. What was it like to learn to use it?
Thank you very VERY much for this video! I'm a Software Tester and I was wondering how blind people would navigate to the on-screen keyboard. If they use swipes or just tap it etc. Our current project is a Mobile app and I have to test that it's accessible which I can do better now, because now I know what to look/test for. Thank you!
Joel Denne There is an option to completely turn the screen off it's called Screen Curtain. It's for Voiceover users for some added privacy like if you are out in public. It doesn't save battery in my current phone because it is an LCD screen. OLED screens would save battery.
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Thank you for this video 🙂 But the dots are misplaced on my iPhone 8, therefore I can't type my text. Point 4 doesn't even appear on the screen 🙁 Does anybody else have encountered that issue?
If the dots are in the wrong place you just need to tap all your fingers a few times at the same time where you want the dots to be. They will automatically move to where your fingers are.
@@KristyViers Dear Kristy, thank you for your very helpful answer. Points realignement works on my iPad Pro 2019, but it bugs in my iPhone 8... I think it has something to do with the screen ability to deal with multitouching. To thank you, if you ever plan to some video on using multiple languages on iOS (I need to use 4 of them), or dealing with MS Word with VoiceOver on MacOS, I may help you :-) Best regards.
Well part of it depends on how much Braille a person knows. I've known Braille since a little first and second grader so I caught on quickly. It only took me a day or 2 to learn backspace, return and how to switch back and forth between the Braille keyboard, Braille screen input back to the standard keyboard with the letters and numbers like on a computer. Hope that makes sense.
Hey Kristy! Love that you're demonstrating the iPhone & its accessibility features. Apologies, but it looks like another company is using your content without attribution back to you. I tried to report, but the form states that only the creator can report them for copyright infringement. Here's a link to their video for reference: th-cam.com/video/TpXlBlfQSkU/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much for letting me know about this. It's getting reported right now. I really appreciate you taking the time to try and report it yourself. And for watching my videos.
I go to settings, accessibility, Voiceover and down to Braille. I select Braille screen input 6 dot. Then I go to rotor and select Braille screen input in the rotor. Then Braille screen input the Braille keyboard is ready to beaa used. To start the rotor and access Braille screen input take pointer finger and thumb and turn right on the screen of iPhone or iPad. When Voiceover says Braille screen input it is activated and you place 6 fingers on the screen it calibrates your fingers then start typing. Then same rotor motion with pointer and thumb to leave typing area. ''
@@KristyViers I am blind as well so it is good to know how do use iPhones or iPads because I was originally using a Samsung and it is difficult going from Samsung to Apple but thanks anyway I will give that a try it seems easier than typing
@@tiernandevine2849 Yeah. I've tried to learn Android and I just can't get the hang of it. Apple products are a lot easier for me to use and I know much of the blind community can say the same. Once you get used to the rotor to use Braille screen input if you know Braille it makes typing much easier and faster. I'm super thankful for Braille screen input.
That insanely high level of difficulty is exactly what I'd expect from an Apple product. Even on Android, Pentikeyboard allows you to place the buttons wherever you want. If were gonna keep having phones and never move on to watches, there should be a tactile braille OUTPUT and a gesture typing input on the touchscreen (I suggest Flexiclock)
Flexiclock is a concept of mine where you draw the hands of a clock ANYWHRE on your screen (no vision required) to type a character, play a musical note, push a game button, etc. 144 different possible times to draw gives you 144 different possible inputs!
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Hey Kristy,
This video is amazing, thanks for showing us how you get around using technology. I'm a digital designer and this is the kind of things I wish more companies would spend their money and research on... certainly why I chose this career, I always thought technology should always be used to improved people's lives...
Again, thanks for sharing this video with everybody!
I loved experiencing you typing in brail. I could barely type a correctly spelled word on my phone. Amazing😍❤️
My mum’s losing her sight at the moment. I’m so happy I stumbled across this video. I’m sure that showing her this will help reduce anxiety over becoming isolated / out of touch with people. Thank you Kristy!
That’s really incredible to see (and hear!) that in action! I was just thinking yesterday about how far the voice commands and speech-to-text functions have come, and I was wondering how well an iPhone would work for the visually impaired! Crazy timing then, because I didn’t google that; it was just a stray thought. Then this came up on my news feed this morning, so I had to check it out! Thanks for creating this channel and sharing your experiences!
Very cool to learn this! I am teaching my Japanese students universal design and thought this would be really interesting for them. Thank you for sharing the process in such an easy-to-understand and succinct way!
This is simply amazing! Thank you for sharing this!
It’s great that Apple has thought to help the visually impaired people use their products! Thank you for sharing, I’m now curious to learn Braille and test to see myself what it is like using my iPhone and iPad blind. It’s good that there are features like these to help you and others use their phones in everyday life
This just blew my mind
You are awesome. Thanks for sharing this with the world!
Your braille keyboard reminds me a lot of a project called GKOS, it's a minimal, chorded keyboard with just 6 keys, that can reproduce any keystroke in a standard keyboard and also has some typography features to speed up common words (like words beginning with 'th') and mouse control. I thought it was such a promising design, accessible and (IIRC) open source, but I never saw it implemented on anything. I think this is the first time I saw something very close to it (even the way to use it, 3 fingers on each side) being used at this speed. Very cool!
Amazing, thank you so much for showing us, K! Best wishes!
Such an amazing video. Thank you for that!
This is amazing.
Thank you so much for explaining how you use this system.
Bravo young lady. 😁💪🏾
Amazing. I watched this years ago as part of an accessibility course. I'm going sharing this with my workmates for when we design elearning training items.
That’s legit soo cool!!!! Im impressed with your Typing
Thank you for sharing!
Amazing video, people are awesome!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for the video.
this is SO cool. makes me wanna learn Braille
Amazing
Wow. That's new. and that keyboard. I haven't seen that keyboard. Thanks
Hi Kristy, thank you for sharing, I am a UX/UI designer. It's great to learn how technology has enhance lives for all users. I hope to learn and apply it on my work.
I have been somehow trying to help my maternal uncle to use smartphone as he is Visually Impaired, but I am myself amazed by seeing your typing using braille, surely he will be happy using it.
That is so cool! Your are amazing! More people need to see this so that it can be focused on more. Technology is made to help improve our lives and this will show how it helps and how they can improve it!
Never knew of this feature. Im actually just trying to unlock a phone that got set to braille. But this is wonderfully amazing. Great job on this ACCESSIBILITY feature. Great damn job
Aww! Thank you!☺️
Technology is a beautiful thing.
Hi Kristy I saw the viral video on Facebook, your tutorial of how it works for those who do not have the opportunity to see, these tutorials are really very useful, you are an extraordinary person, I send you a big hug , Pietro from Italy.
taizenz Thanks so much. Your comment means a lot to me.☺️
@Kristy Viers
Thanks for sharing this here. I saw a video of you that went viral but you weren't attached, so I couldn't share how thrilled I was that you found BrailleTouch helpful enough to share with the world. You type very gracefully. What was it like to learn to use it?
Thank you very VERY much for this video!
I'm a Software Tester and I was wondering how blind people would navigate to the on-screen keyboard.
If they use swipes or just tap it etc.
Our current project is a Mobile app and I have to test that it's accessible which I can do better now, because now I know what to look/test for.
Thank you!
Very interesting
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Is there an option to turn the screen off completely? I imagine that would save a lot of battery life if you don't need it visually.
Joel Denne There is an option to completely turn the screen off it's called Screen Curtain. It's for Voiceover users for some added privacy like if you are out in public. It doesn't save battery in my current phone because it is an LCD screen. OLED screens would save battery.
@@KristyViers I can't believe that flatcsreen technology can be this user friendly. That is truly amazing.
Great video!
Hi Kristy, are we allowed to share your video on LinkedIn to demonstrate the need for brands to consider accessibility for all?
Are you posting a link to my video or downloading it and editing it? If your posting mine then it’s fine. If you are going to edit it you’ll need to contact storyful for rights. Address for that is in the description.
@@KristyViers Just sharing your TH-cam video. No editing at all
Thank you for bringing awareness for accessibility and my channel.
@@KristyViers You're very welcome
Wow, that’s really cool. Also ups my opinion of apple
Can you use braille on the iPhone without using a Braille display?
Thank you for this video 🙂 But the dots are misplaced on my iPhone 8, therefore I can't type my text. Point 4 doesn't even appear on the screen 🙁 Does anybody else have encountered that issue?
If the dots are in the wrong place you just need to tap all your fingers a few times at the same time where you want the dots to be. They will automatically move to where your fingers are.
@@KristyViers Dear Kristy, thank you for your very helpful answer. Points realignement works on my iPad Pro 2019, but it bugs in my iPhone 8... I think it has something to do with the screen ability to deal with multitouching. To thank you, if you ever plan to some video on using multiple languages on iOS (I need to use 4 of them), or dealing with MS Word with VoiceOver on MacOS, I may help you :-) Best regards.
How long does it take to learn braille in imput on the iPhone?
Well part of it depends on how much Braille a person knows. I've known Braille since a little first and second grader so I caught on quickly. It only took me a day or 2 to learn backspace, return and how to switch back and forth between the Braille keyboard, Braille screen input back to the standard keyboard with the letters and numbers like on a computer. Hope that makes sense.
Hey Kristy! Love that you're demonstrating the iPhone & its accessibility features. Apologies, but it looks like another company is using your content without attribution back to you. I tried to report, but the form states that only the creator can report them for copyright infringement. Here's a link to their video for reference: th-cam.com/video/TpXlBlfQSkU/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much for letting me know about this. It's getting reported right now. I really appreciate you taking the time to try and report it yourself. And for watching my videos.
@@KristyViers what is the braille keyboard that u use on your iPhone? Would the braille keyboard work on an android phone?
@@missflip6522 it’s in accessibility options.
@@missflip6522 Braille keyboard is on my Pixel 6 which is an Android. That's what led me to this video
M O m *space* I m *space* b l I n d
The voice over reads very fast.
How do you activate the braille keyboard
I go to settings, accessibility, Voiceover and down to Braille. I select Braille screen input 6 dot. Then I go to rotor and select Braille screen input in the rotor. Then Braille screen input the Braille keyboard is ready to beaa used. To start the rotor and access Braille screen input take pointer finger and thumb and turn right on the screen of iPhone or iPad. When Voiceover says Braille screen input it is activated and you place 6 fingers on the screen it calibrates your fingers then start typing. Then same rotor motion with pointer and thumb to leave typing area. ''
@@KristyViers I am blind as well so it is good to know how do use iPhones or iPads because I was originally using a Samsung and it is difficult going from Samsung to Apple but thanks anyway I will give that a try it seems easier than typing
@@tiernandevine2849 Yeah. I've tried to learn Android and I just can't get the hang of it. Apple products are a lot easier for me to use and I know much of the blind community can say the same. Once you get used to the rotor to use Braille screen input if you know Braille it makes typing much easier and faster. I'm super thankful for Braille screen input.
@@KristyViers I have only been learning Brian 2 for the last 6 to 7 years it is hard but I prefer to dictate it anyway that word says brio
@@KristyViers I am wondering how did you record that video if you were using your phone for voice-over
That insanely high level of difficulty is exactly what I'd expect from an Apple product. Even on Android, Pentikeyboard allows you to place the buttons wherever you want.
If were gonna keep having phones and never move on to watches, there should be a tactile braille OUTPUT and a gesture typing input on the touchscreen (I suggest Flexiclock)
Flexiclock is a concept of mine where you draw the hands of a clock ANYWHRE on your screen (no vision required) to type a character, play a musical note, push a game button, etc. 144 different possible times to draw gives you 144 different possible inputs!
Hey Kristy
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Right when you said twitter i got a roblox tweet notification 😂