[NJTechDiv] a little tip I discovered.

Serena Cucco serena.c.cucco at gmail.com
Fri Oct 4 16:35:22 UTC 2024


Hi Ken,

Braille screen input is actually writing Braille on your phone's screen
using your fingers.  That's why I don't use it.  I don't write on my
phone's screen using my fingers, except entering my password to unlock my
phone!You and I use our Braille display as a keyboard.

Serena

On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 8:46 PM Ken Lawrence via NJTechDiv <
njtechdiv at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi list updated to IOS 18 and surprisingly no major hickups. But I did
> discover one thing.  The other day was trying to add a contact using the
> braille ereader. The person’s name had a contraction in it for some reason
> the phone wasn’t recognizing the I N sign.  My reader was in contracted
> braille too. What I found is there is a new setting in braille screen
> input.  This setting is off by default.  So if you use braille screen
> input, make sure the setting that says something like match input and
> output is turned on also I like that you can now toggle braille input on
> and off.  To turn it on at any time place a finger of each hand one on the
> bottom and one on top then double tap with both.  To toggle it off, then
> one on top one on the bottom and turn both fingers in opposite directions
> one going up the other down.  I don’t know how many use braille screen
> input but I have my NLS reader paired with my pphone.
>
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