Post #4107336
2026-07-25 16:37 UTC
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@TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space 2026-07-25 16:44
@jscholes@dragonscave.space I'm possibly relying a bit more on claude than I do on a qwerty keyboard, I'm not sure, but it's also possible it goes the other way. To be clear I would love to and plan to get the qwerty model if there's a good upgrade path later this year, because I am still faster on qwerty. The braille keyboard is much more intuitive than I expected it to be, but I don't think I'll ever get to 130 wpm on a perkins keyboard like I am on qwerty. When I think about code though I do see it in braille in my head, in my own weird invented braille code that uses dropped numbers and EBAE contractions but UEB parens/braces/etc., so my thoughts about code actually map surprisingly nicely to a device with a braille keyboard and display. I think having a qwerty keyboard and display would maximize it, though.
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@emassey0135@caneandable.social 2026-07-25 16:53
@jscholes@dragonscave.space @TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space I used to write code on an Orbit Reader 40 with the Perkins keyboard. it did feel a little slow but I think the obstacle was the slower refresh rate rather than the keyboard. More recently I've written code on an Nls eReader paired with a BT Speak, and then some on a BT Braille, and it doesn't feel slow. But perhaps that's because when writing code I don't usually write fast anyway; I often consider each small section carefully before writing it, go up a line or a few to correct or review something, etc. But I also have done much of my document writing on a Perkins keyboard for years including large essays for school, emails and posts and text messages, and math homework with long equations and that doesn't feel slow, although the literary writing is contracted Braille so that speeds it up so that may be influencing this.