Support for braille displays

You can use a Bluetooth braille display to read VoiceOver output, and you can use a braille display with input keys and other controls to control iPhone when VoiceOver is turned on. For a list of supported braille displays, see www.apple.com/accessibility/ios/braille-display.html.

Connect a braille display. Turn on the display, then go to Settings > Bluetooth and turn on Bluetooth. Then, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille and choose the display.

Adjust Braille settings. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille, where you can:

Turn on contracted braille

Turn off automatic braille translation

Turn off eight-dot braille

Turn on the status cell and choose its location Turn on Nemeth code for equations Display the onscreen keyboard

Change the braille translation from Unified English

For information about common braille commands for VoiceOver navigation, and for information specific to certain displays, see support.apple.com/kb/HT4400.

The braille display uses the language that’s set for Voice Control. This is normally the language set for iPhone in Settings > International > Language. You can use the VoiceOver language setting to set a different language for VoiceOver and braille displays.

Set the language for VoiceOver. Go to Settings > General > International > Voice Control.

If you change the language for iPhone, you may need to reset the language for VoiceOver and your braille display.

You can set the leftmost or rightmost cell of your braille display to provide system status and other information. For example:

Announcement History contains an unread message

The current Announcement History message hasn’t been read VoiceOver speech is muted

The iPhone battery is low (less than 20% charge) iPhone is in landscape orientation

The screen display is turned off

The current line contains additional text to the left The current line contains additional text to the right

Set the leftmost or rightmost cell to display status information. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille > Status Cell and tap Left or Right.

See an expanded description of the status cell. On your braille display, press the status cell’s router button.

Siri

With Siri, you can do things like opening apps just by asking, and VoiceOver can read Siri responses to you. See Chapter 4, Siri, on page 41.

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Apple MD276LL/A, MC319LL/A, MC536LL/A, MC918LL/A, MF263LL/A, ME493LL/A, ME344LL/A, ME556LL/A Siri, Support for braille displays

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