I had no problem with this in iOS7 but I just now figured it out in iOS8. Part
of the problem was that I was I suppose being lazy and hadn't looked in
settings to see what the defaults were now that input and output for braille
displays are handled separately. What I finally did is this: I did c
Unlock your device either with the unlock button by routing your Braille cursor
to it or go to the previous horizontal page with dots 2-4-6 chord. If you use
contractions while typing, press the number sign and letter sign before numbers
or letters. If you don't use contractions, use Braille low