VoiceOver has to be running before the braille display can do anything.On an iPhone, I can enter my passcode by switching to 8 dot brl.When does VO load on your Mac?If it is on before the password, I would think it would work. Perhaps time to call Apple?
Richard "You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young." "Why, what did she tell you?" "I don't know, I didn't listen." -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy > On Nov 30, 2020, at 4:22 AM, 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone > <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > >> I have just set up my new Mac mini with M1 chip and I have successfully >> paired via Bluetooth my braille display, which is an orbit reader 20. The >> only thing I cannot seem to do is to get my braille display to be recognised >> and connected at the login screen when I turn my Mac Mini on. I am using >> file vault, so I have to type in a password. This works fine if I use my >> Apple magic keyboard, but my orbit reader 20 just sits there and is not >> recognised by the Mac Mini until after login, when it suddenly makes a >> little sound to indicate that it has connected to the Mac Mini. >> Is there anything I can do to make the Braille display connect at login >> rather than only after login? >> Thanks >> Harry Bell > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fviphone%40googlegroups.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C445f58c7c75748c3afbd08d8952a99b5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637423357479715334%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=3WrC69%2BMkK%2FNvD7d4EB6L6Yj7ZRdiUJMGDj4J8gsQHg%3D&reserved=0 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fviphone%2FE914A830-0445-46CC-BF4B-939C32409F8E%2540icloud.com&data=04%7C01%7C%7C445f58c7c75748c3afbd08d8952a99b5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637423357479715334%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=yD1Mp1tpzoQpyFIvhP5EAxj1wiSDay%2BiK2%2FGhUsFSeA%3D&reserved=0. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/MWHPR17MB19819617C743C7D8143CDF22B7F50%40MWHPR17MB1981.namprd17.prod.outlook.com.