This new app can help the visually challenged type quickly and efficiently on an iPad. Created by Stanford engineer Sohan Dharmaraja, the app named IBrailler Notes uses eight keys. What’s different about it is that the keys form around the fingertips when they’re placed on the screen. Which means that if a user loses his way, he simply lifts his fingers from the screen and places them down again. The iBrailler also has an easy undo/redo function that requires a simple clockwise or counter-clockwise twist of a single fingertip across that glass. Google can be accessed at one click. A user can cut, copy and paste on the device. Traditional Braille writers come in various models but are costly. But, for an iBrailler, all that is required is an iPad and an app. Since January, a free test version of the app has been available on the app store. However, it doesn’t allow for sharing what’s written and limits the numbers of notes and characters in each note. But for around $40, users are allowed unlimited writing and sharing through Dropbox, email, clipboard or opening the note in another app. IANS
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