Sorry, I suppose I should have explained more. I was wondering if you could turn the rodar to braille when on a home screen and use the braille display to open apps from the home screen? I know you can braile things from the display in different edit boxes and files.
Wayne On 9/19/14, Flor Lynch <florl...@iol.ie> wrote: > In iOS7 (and before), with your braille display Bluetooth paired and > Voiceover running, you can already write (in braille) with your braille > display's keys, without need of any rotor adjustment beyond the usual > Voiceover things. You can also write with the onscreen keyboard and your > output can be read from the braille display. I suppose the feedback > might be a bit quicker, with Contracted braille, but we already know > that braille translation is not the most instant or intuitive synergy. . > . > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerr...@gmail.com> > To: "viphone" <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 10:04 PM > Subject: Braille input and using Braille displays in iOS 8 > > > Greetings all. I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 7. I haven't upgraded yet > and am not sure tha i Iwill until I get a new iPhone 6 next week or > the week after. I have seen people talk about being able to type in > Braille in iOS 8. My question is: can this be done with a Braille > display? In other words, when on iOS 8 can I turn my rodar to braille > and then write in Braille using my Focus 14 Blue display? I sure hope > so since I sent a note to Apple Accessibility about this not long ago > and it would be great if they added that ability. > > Thanks in advance, > Wayne > > -- > Follow me on Twitter at: > www.twitter.com/wcmerritt > My websites: > www.wayneism.com > www.whitecaneday.org > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone > list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. 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 post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. 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 post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. 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 post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
