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<p>good morning all I assume that this varies by several things, one
type of hearing aid. To what platform of computer is it is it a
Mac, or is it a PC. And then if it is a PC what company built the
machine. In other words what I'm trying to say here is there are
many verbals with this particular problem, or issue.</p>
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<p>Let me give you a real life for instance here, I have a MacBook
Pro that I am using to write this message to further complicated
ENB technical I'm also running a virtual Windows 10 Pro in a
virtual machine. That's just a fancy way to save my Windows
installation is in software, it's not physically set up in boot
camp such as would occur on an Intel-based Mac. My Mac is still
Intel-based because it was purchased before the M1 chip became
available. But I've chosen to make my Windows virtual just because
I wanted to reduce the many issues that could arise from trying to
backup my copy of Windows. All that being said. I just got new
hearing aids, the good news is that it least in the Mac hardware
and Mac OS 11 Big Sur the process of pairing my Phonak hearing
aids has gone smoothly for the most part. Meeting that I went in
to the Bluetooth setup area and was able to pair them after a
couple tries. The tricky part is that most hearing aids have some
alternative processes for pairing because I think the
manufacturers don't want to confuse these processes with I would
normally pair something say such as a Bluetooth speaker or
something like that.</p>
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<p>If this were a PC, meaning a Windows-based system I'm sure that
the process appearing would be somewhat different. Meaning you
have to go into system settings go to Bluetooth and then figure
out if it a keyboard, or other proof real that Windows can find
out about easily, or is it everything else. Everything else seems
to be a catchall. Then it also depends on what Bluetooth stack or
Bluetooth software the manufacturer of that PC is using. Are they
using the Intel set or some other software that had been written
in-house and may have a varying degree of accessibility for a deaf
blind person. Especially if there using one of the Windows-based
screen readers, either Jaws or Nvda. The two screen readers have
very different methods of passing on the information. Not to
mention Jaws also contains many alternative keystrokes. That may,
or may not be workable when working with whatever Bluetooth stack
meeting software is on the machine. But hopefully all of it is
based on what Microsoft normally goes with.</p>
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<p>Final thoughts because of all of these different factors because
of the nature of this please if you're comfortable with this
telling us what age you have, what computer platform you are
using, if Windows, or Mac OS what version of the operating system
you are currently running. And if you know if the Bluetooth stack
is the standard Microsoft the do stuck, or something that has been
written in-house.</p>
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<p>To wrap this post up, please be aware that my comments above
don't reflect the view of the deaf blind division board, or the
national Federation of the blind. In other words this is simply me
trying to help out. And so my comments are of a nature that
certainly wouldn't need something that borders on a formal
approval process. Please use my suggestions and comments at your
own risk. I assume no liability for them because the advice is
offered free of charge so this anything that I say is certainly
open to every interpretation out there. So try it and if it works
great if it doesn't try something else. Unfortunately a lot of
this is trial, an error.</p>
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<p>Note number two please be aware that the above text has been
dictated to the computer, so some of it may not come out quite the
way it was originally intended. If there's something you did not
understand based on what I've written above, please ask me what my
original intent was? I look forward to helping anyone who asked me
about this to clear up any unintended misunderstandings based on
what I've written above.</p>
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<p>Be well, and stay safe.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/25/2021 8:30 AM, Michelle
(Wahlmeier) Pearson via NFB-DB wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Have you tried to turn off the pairing with your phone and then try to pair with your laptop?
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I'm trying out a new pair of hearing-aids that can Bluetooth pair directly with other devices. They work fine with my Android phone, but the performance with my Dell Inspiron laptop is way unacceptable.
A pairing should work or not work, no?
Does anyone here have a helpful tip?
Thanks
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