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Appendix A Accessibility 137
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:
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Turn on contracted braille
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Turn o automatic braille translation
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Turn o eight-dot braille
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Turn on the status cell and choose its location
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Turn on Nemeth code for equations
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Display the onscreen keyboard
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Change the braille translation from Unied English
For information about common braille commands for VoiceOver navigation, and for information
specic 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 dierent 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:
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Announcement History contains an unread message
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The current Announcement History message hasn’t been read
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VoiceOver speech is muted
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The iPhone battery is low (less than 20% charge)
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iPhone is in landscape orientation
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The screen display is turned o
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The current line contains additional text to the left
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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.