[NFB-DB] iOS 17 coming out today: message for braille users

[Jessie]

Hello, full disclosure I am not a Braille user, but I was curious have you
informed Apple support of this problem? Take care, Jessie Kramer.

On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 12:04 PM Scott Davert via NFB-DB <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I wanted to give braille users a bit of a cautionary message about
> upgrading to iOS 17. Some braille display users, myself included, have had
> significant issues with the Focus  5th generation displays. The connection
> was not stable  for me on 2 different phones running iOS 17. I had one
> instance where the the Focus wouldn't communicate at all and it took
> several rounds of trouble shooting to get the connection back. When it did
> come back, it did some randomly, while I was not interacting with it.
> Testing with another focus on the latest firmware yielded similar results.
> On the other hand, some users have also reported having no issues with the
> Focus at all. Some users have also reported challenges with the Braille
> Sense 6 and Eurobraille displays. I have found, as have others, that the
> Brailliant BIX series and Mantis have reliable connections. How this will
> play out I’m unsure. I have no further data about specific braille displays
> I can share, and it  will be a week before I can investigate further. That
> said, I’m sure there will be some who upgrade anyway and I hope they will
> report their findings    as well.    Basically, upgrade at your own risk is
> the bottom line.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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