[nabs-l] Apex as Braille Display

Mikayla Gephart mikgephart at icloud.com
Thu Jan 16 00:40:35 UTC 2014


It said that it couldn't load the driver for the Apex.

Sent from my iPad

On Jan 15, 2014, at 7:28 PM, helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi Mikayla, this is Helga. I just wanted to tell you that in order to connect your Apex to your iPad, you need to do these steps.
> 1. On the braillenote, go to the options menu.
> 2. Go to the connectivity menu.
> 3. Press B for bluetooth. Make sure bluetooth is turned on.
> 4. When the braillenote says, "Search for devices," DO NOT press
> Y for yes. Instead, exit to the main menu and press T for braille
> terminal. Make sure the braille terminal port is bluetooth, not
> USB.
> 5. On the iPhone, go to settings/general/accessability/VoiceOver.
> Flick right until you see Braille. Then go to Choose a Braille
> Device. The iPhone should find your braillenote. When it asks for
> a pin, type 0000 really fast because it's on a time limit. Then,
> press the pair button and you should be good to go.
> These are actually steps in order to connect the BrailleNote to the iPhone, but I think the iPhone and the iPad are the same kind of device. Hope this helps! Thanks and God bless!! :)
> P.S. Don't forget to press the enter key when you come to the Braille Terminal Port. Thanks again! ;)
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Silveira
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:16 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Apex as Braille Display
> 
> Hi Mikayla,
> 
> I appologize in advance for this only being semi-helpful.  I believe there is a command you first need to enter on the Apex, but I can’t remember what that is.  Hopefully someone will answer that part.  Once you’re in the mode to use it as a braille display, on your phone, do the following.
> 
> 1. Go to settings, General, Accessibility, Voiceover, Braille.
> 2. Swipe right until you hear “Choose braille display”.  You will then see your Apex listed.  Double tap on that and, I think you should be good.  I don’t have an Apex, so I’m kind of going off the top of my head here, but as I recall, that is the procedure.  Hopefully someone can confirm that as well as supply the proper command to put the Apex in, for lack of a better term, pair mode.
> 
> Ryan
> 
> On Jan 15, 2014, at 4:45 PM, Mikayla Gephart <mikgephart at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> I need to use the Apex as a braille display for my IPAD. How do I pair it?
>> Best,
>> Mikayla
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
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