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The Hable Easy is a compact eight button controller designed to help users better operate their touchscreen devices.
Once connected via Bluetooth, this device allows a smartphone or tablet to be used without the need for any touch gestures such as double tapping, swiping, or preforming a rotor gesture. Instead, each of these operations is mapped to one or occasionally two of these buttons.
In conjunction with a vocal assistant like Siri and either TalkBack or VoiceOver, the Hable Easy allows low vision and blind individuals to operate their devices without the use of a touchscreen! Our AT Specialists: Cory and Luke, are here to bring you all the information you need to know about this exciting piece of Assistive Technology!
0:00 Start
1:15 Hardware, USB-C port, eight buttons, switch and Two Handed Mode,
3:45 Input a new Contact without touching the phone!
5:55 Advanced Features, Jump to the End or Beginning of a screen, Two Button Combinations
8:08 Wrap Up Review, Take away Thoughts,
9:50 Unboxing Message from Freek to aid in setting up the device
11:15 Livestream every other Thursday! Be sure to Comment, Like and Subscribe!
Website: https://www.iamhable.com/en-am
Previous Live Shows with Freek van Welsenis:
Hable Easy https://youtu.be/NIUdBKLg2mU
Hable One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErSJXhjwEgQ
We at Vision Forward would be happy to answer any questions that you still have about the Hable Easy and Hable One down in the comments!
Contact Vision Forward Association:
Call us: (414-615-0103)
Email us: infocus@vision-forward.org
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Vision Forward's Tech Connect continues to bring you the information you need to make the most out of your devices. Our experts know there are many factors to consider, so if you have any follow up questions please post them in the comments and we will help you find the assistive tech that's best for you.
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Can Luke Stump Cory? First Look at iOS 26 with VoiceOver!
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Once connected via Bluetooth, this device allows a smartphone or tablet to be used without the need for any touch gestures such as double tapping, swiping, or preforming a rotor gesture. Instead, each of these operations is mapped to one or occasionally two of these buttons.
In conjunction with a vocal assistant like Siri and either TalkBack or VoiceOver, the Hable Easy allows low vision and blind individuals to operate their devices without the use of a touchscreen! Our AT Specialists: Cory and Luke, are here to bring you all the information you need to know about this exciting piece of Assistive Technology!
0:00 Start
1:15 Hardware, USB-C port, eight buttons, switch and Two Handed Mode,
3:45 Input a new Contact without touching the phone!
5:55 Advanced Features, Jump to the End or Beginning of a screen, Two Button Combinations
8:08 Wrap Up Review, Take away Thoughts,
9:50 Unboxing Message from Freek to aid in setting up the device
11:15 Livestream every other Thursday! Be sure to Comment, Like and Subscribe!
Website: https://www.iamhable.com/en-am
Previous Live Shows with Freek van Welsenis:
Hable Easy https://youtu.be/NIUdBKLg2mU
Hable One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErSJXhjwEgQ
We at Vision Forward would be happy to answer any questions that you still have about the Hable Easy and Hable One down in the comments!
Contact Vision Forward Association:
Call us: (414-615-0103)
Email us: infocus@vision-forward.org
Visit us online: https://www.vision-forward.org
Online Store: https://www.vision-forward.org/store
Vision Forward's Tech Connect continues to bring you the information you need to make the most out of your devices. Our experts know there are many factors to consider, so if you have any follow up questions please post them in the comments and we will help you find the assistive tech that's best for you.
Want more Tech Connect in your life? Try us Live! Be sure to join us for the upcoming YouTube Live! show on August 14th at 11am CST.
Looking for the full playlist?
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdZ61dAGaL_k3I-_LcTPozan9upCqY8Yc
Catch-up with our most recent Tech Connect Livestreams!
Glide Navigation Aid with Amos Miller of Glidance!
https://www.youtube.com/live/VkJkXYxvpaY?si=hKGlhuiwZUC23ZLl
Accessibyte Studio App with Joe from Accessibyte!
https://www.youtube.com/live/C491is1cRuc
Can Luke Stump Cory? First Look at iOS 26 with VoiceOver!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72I7ZPn1LzY
Apple's WWDC with Carrie Morales from Carrie on Accessibility!
https://www.youtube.com/live/vR4vMPV0yYI
Sign up for free on our LMS and you'll get access to full webinars eligible for free on demand ACVREP credits! https://techconnect.vision-forward.org/login/index.php
Webinar Teaser: "Dictation And Screen Reader use in Windows 11"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad9_4pCvYYs
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00:00Welcome back to TechConnect, where we're keeping it breezy with the Hable Easy.
00:04Wow, that's cheesy.
00:15Alright, we are back with another TechConnect, and like Luke said in the intro, we are keeping it breezy.
00:21Back once again with the renegade master of the depot.
00:24That's one way to get you into the video. Just stomp your way in.
00:29Now, we are looking at the Hable Easy. Look, we had done a TechConnect Live with Frake.
00:34I always forget his last name.
00:35Van Walensis. Thank you very much.
00:37I really hope I got that right.
00:38Check it down in the description. You can see that longer video looking at the Hable Easy.
00:43But we are going to look at it today, look at what the buttons do, and give a demonstration.
00:49We're going to be showing it with an iPhone. It does work with both iPhone or Android.
00:54And really, the point of this device is to make using your touchscreen easier by not having to touch the screen at all.
01:01That definitely would make the touchscreen easier.
01:03It would, and you might be saying, Corey, that's impossible.
01:06A touchscreen phone? You must touch it.
01:10Not here.
01:11Wow.
01:12So, let's take a look at the Hable Easy itself. Luke, what would you say to Si? Like a deck of cards? A little taller than a deck of cards?
01:20Yeah, that's a very good comparison. A little narrower, maybe a little taller, but definitely comparable to a deck of cards.
01:25And probably the same thickness. Very light in the hand. You can, you know, it's quite easy to hold.
01:31That's why it's called the Easy. That is very true.
01:34So, the way that I'm going to orient this device is on the left side is the USB-C charging port.
01:42So, it does recharge via USB-C. And it gets a pretty darn good battery life because, really, there isn't a whole lot going on.
01:52And, obviously, it depends on how often you use it. And then, on the right side is a little switch. And that, in the down position is off. Sliding it up will turn on the device.
02:03How about the middle position?
02:04There really is no middle position.
02:05Oh, okay. I'm just checking.
02:06Yeah, just up and down. That's really about it.
02:08Then, on the front of it, there's a total of eight buttons. I'm not, they like to number the buttons, Luke.
02:15I didn't understand the numbering concept all that well. So, I'm just going to-
02:20Oh, he only counts a five of the buttons.
02:22That is the problem. So, I'm going to start and just talk about what the buttons do quickly.
02:26If we start at the very top of the unit, there is a single oval button. And that acts as our home button.
02:33Below that, we have a row of three circle buttons. Starting from the left, we have dictation button.
02:39Middle button is our magic tap, which would be our two-finger double tap. The right button is our Siri button.
02:47Moving down from that, we have another row of three buttons. Starting from the left is our swipe back, or if it was a swipe left gesture.
02:56Middle is our select, or single finger double tap. And then on the right is our swipe forward button.
03:04Below that is another round oval button, and that is our back button. Very easy to feel, nice and tactile.
03:12If you have a little issues feeling them, in the box, you also receive some stickers that have different shapes, arrows, circles, things like that.
03:23And you can put those on each button to make feeling them a little bit easier.
03:29I've also used the device with a client and put bump dots on it to make them even a little bit bigger and more tactile.
03:35So that is an option as well.
03:38All right, now that we know what the buttons do, we should dive in and actually show it in action.
03:43Let's do it.
03:44Let's do it.
03:45All right, it's time to see the Hable 1 in action.
03:50I am going to launch our phone app so we can get into context.
03:55Through this demonstration, I will not touch the touch screen at all.
03:59So it will be the Hable only.
04:02All right, here we go.
04:03We went through the button layouts already.
04:04So let's rock and roll.
04:08Open phone.
04:10Okay.
04:11I found this on the web for home.
04:16All right, let's open up our phone app using Siri.
04:22Open phone.
04:29Come on.
04:30Phone.
04:31There you go.
04:32My card.
04:33Very good.
04:34All right, let's find that add button.
04:35Hey, heading.
04:36Corey Bell.
04:37Section index.
04:38Dictate.
04:39Search.
04:40iCloud.
04:41Add.
04:42There it is.
04:43We'll go ahead and select.
04:44Text field is editing.
04:45First name.
04:46Insertion point at start.
04:47All right, it's helpful already telling us where we are.
04:48I'm going to use the dictation because remember, I'm not touching the screen.
04:51Here we go.
04:52Luke.
04:53Tap F.
04:54Foxtrot.
04:55Okay.
04:56Now, it didn't tell me that it put Luke, but that's okay.
05:01We can swipe off of it.
05:02Last name.
05:03Text field.
05:04And let's come back and check it out.
05:05Text field is editing.
05:06First name.
05:07Character mode.
05:08Insertion point at start.
05:09Oh, it didn't put anything.
05:10It did not put anything in there.
05:11It did not like your name.
05:12Let's try one more time.
05:13Luke.
05:14Inserted Luke.
05:16There you go.
05:17It took twice.
05:18You're twice as nice.
05:19All right, here we go.
05:20Clear text button.
05:21And we're going to go over to last name.
05:23Text field.
05:24Text field.
05:25Insertion point at end.
05:26And we can use dictate again.
05:28Skywalker.
05:29Inserted sky.
05:31Oh, it doesn't like Luke Skywalker.
05:33But we're going to just put it in as Luke.
05:36Now, as you can see, we are doing all of this just by using the Hable Easy.
05:41I'm not going to go through the entire process of putting in a contact.
05:45Well, that's because you don't know Luke Skywalker's number.
05:47I also don't know Luke's guy either.
05:50But as you can see, we can simply do it just by using the physical buttons on the Hable Easy.
05:57Now, there are some advanced features that are available.
06:01Yeah.
06:02Now, I will be honest though, Luke.
06:04One of them I can't get to work.
06:05Aww.
06:06So, we should be able to hold down the swipe right button to jump all the way to the end of a screen.
06:14Or hold down the swipe left button to jump all the way to the beginning of the screen.
06:19It's not working for me for whatever reason.
06:22I have put a message into Frank to find out what I'm doing wrong.
06:26And we'll drop it down in the comments letting people know what my mistake was.
06:31But that can be super helpful, especially if you've got a long list of things that you want to get down to the bottom.
06:37You know, for example, when you open up the phone app, you've got those phone tab across the bottom.
06:42It'd be nice to be able to jump right down there.
06:45The other interesting thing it can do is your rotor gesture.
06:49I know some people struggle with the rotor gesture.
06:51It's a strange gesture.
06:52It can be, yep.
06:53And so, we haven't talked about real quickly how that can be done.
06:56So, I wanted to just mention it.
06:58We can hold down the two center buttons in those rows of three.
07:03And that will go ahead and do your rotor gesture.
07:06It only goes in one direction.
07:09And then once you've gotten to the option you want, if you want to swipe up,
07:14you can hold down the middle button of the top row of three plus the top oval button.
07:19And that will be a swipe up.
07:21To do a swipe down, it would be the center button of the bottom row of three plus the bottom most oval button.
07:29And that will do a swipe down gesture.
07:32Was Harry Styles involved in the development of this?
07:35Why Harry Styles? One Direction?
07:37Nice.
07:38It only goes in one direction.
07:40Cue Harry Styles.
07:42And we dance all night.
07:44Do the best song guys.
07:45But, I find that using the Hable Easy can make doing a more complicated task like Contax a little bit easier.
07:55It's almost as if they called it the Hable Easy for who uses it.
07:58That was easy.
07:59It makes it able to do it easy.
08:01With your hand, the Hable.
08:04Well, that was the Hable Easy and boy, it sure was breezy.
08:12But, what did we think about it, Corey?
08:14Well, why don't you tell me?
08:15I thought it pleased me.
08:17Good effort.
08:19No, I actually see a really good use case for the Hable Easy.
08:24I think that there's two groups of people it can be great for.
08:28Those that may struggle using a touch screen.
08:31I think it's becoming harder and harder to find devices that are not touch screen.
08:36Oh, yeah.
08:37Unless you're going with like the smart vision or the blind shell.
08:40But, the Hable Easy makes using a touch screen much easier.
08:45Oh, yeah.
08:46Or, the second group is just, even if you are comfortable using the touch screen, you may just find at times you want to use the physical buttons.
08:53Maybe you want to keep the phone in your pocket or it's across the room from you, whatever.
08:57You basically can do everything you'd want from answering the phone to completely controlling device.
09:03So, I think it is a winner.
09:05Yeah.
09:06I mean, it's like a remote control for your phone.
09:07It really is.
09:08And who doesn't love a remote?
09:09Exactly.
09:10And don't forget as well, you can also use the Hable Easy as a Hable One Braille input device for your phone.
09:18So, it's the same hardware as the Hable One.
09:20And we did a video with Freak on the Hable One.
09:23So, you guys could check that out if you want to see how that works.
09:25But, yeah, you should be able to use it as either of those two kind of methods, either of those two devices.
09:32So, very cool stuff.
09:33Indeed, not too expensive either.
09:35Corey, what was the retail?
09:36If I'm not mistaken, I think it's $209.
09:38Okay.
09:39Why that number is sticking in my head, I'm not 100%.
09:42I think you might be right.
09:43But I think it's right around that price, which I think is pretty reasonable.
09:46Oh, yeah.
09:47Very good.
09:48So, check it out if you haven't already.
09:50And, of course.
09:52Oh, you know what I forgot to mention?
09:54One really cool thing, and you'll probably hear it in just a moment.
09:59Okay.
10:00But when you get your Hable Easy, and you get the box, and you open it up as a nice little present,
10:07you are going to hear Freak himself talking you through getting the device and unboxing it.
10:14So, cue Freak.
10:17Hey, welcome to your new adventure with Hable Easy.
10:21I'm Freak, the founder of Hable, and I am here to guide you through setting up your new smartphone assistant.
10:27Now, don't worry.
10:28I'm just a small audio player in the box.
10:30If you want to restart this audio, just close and open the box again.
10:35Alright.
10:36First things first.
10:37Let's turn on your Hable Easy.
10:39Just flick the switch on your device.
10:42You'll know it's on when you feel that friendly vibration saying hello.
10:46Now, grab your phone or tablet, and let's get connected.
10:50Also, inside the box, you will find the tactile stickers I sent you.
10:55You can put these on the buttons to make it easier to remember what each button does.
10:59If you ever feel like you need a helping hand, just reach out to me at support at IamHable.com.
11:06My team and I will always be here to help you soar.
11:10Enjoy your journey with the Hable Easy.
11:12I know you've got this.
11:14Thank you, Frake.
11:15That certainly was educational, and that is a unique feature of this device for sure.
11:20And another unique feature is our live show, Corey.
11:23Yes.
11:24Because we are unique and special individuals, and you can check out our live show every other Thursday.
11:29The next live show will be the week after this video releases, and it's at 11 a.m. Central.
11:34So make sure to tune into the YouTube channel to check me and Corey's live antics.
11:39Yes.
11:40And make sure you please subscribe to the channel.
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11:50Could you see yourself using the Hable Easy or maybe the Hable one, or do you already have one?
11:56And what's your favorite thing to do with it?
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12:09All right, Corey, let's get out of here.
12:11I've got my mind on chips, and they've got to be cheesy.
12:14So let's wrap it.
12:15I am feeling a nice summer breezy.
12:17See you all later.
12:19Summer breeze, makes me feel fine.
12:24Go and feel the dad put in my mind.
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