[blindkid] Focus 40 Blue

[Lisa Hall]

Hi Richard,

Go to Freedom Scientific and link for a link that says documentation. Press
enter. Now look for a link that says Focus Braille displays. Press enter.
Look for a document using the Focus with an IOS device. The document is both
in html and pdf formats. I hope this may help.

Sincerely Yours,

Lisa Hall, a very proud owner of iPhone 5 with Focus 40 & 14 blue displays


-----Original Message-----
From: blindkid [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Richard
Holloway
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 6:22 PM
To: (for parents of blind children) Blind Kid Mailing List
Subject: [blindkid] Focus 40 Blue

My daughter is trying to use a new generation Focus 40 Blue braille display
with an iPod. The Bluetooth connection seems to pair just fine. She can type
and read braille in non-contracted or contracted mode, BUT neither backspace
/ delete (dot 7) or enter / line feed (dot 8) seem to work. 

We looked at the 8 dot braille mode setting on the iPod (in case it was
ignoring dots 7 and 8 because that mode was off). Didn't seem likely, but I
wanted to check all I could before I asked for help. That seems to be
un-contacted computer braille, so apparently that has nothing to do with it.
Surely there is a simple way to have dots 7 and 8 work for those functions
with an iDevice just like one would with JAWS on a PC.

This is a brand new display fresh out of the box, so if there are any
settings to be made in the unit, they should all still be in factory default
positions. I saw something about some options which I think are configured
through JAWS when connected to a PC, but it would seem unlikely that needs
to be done for such a basic thing as using backspace and enter.

I suspect we are overlooking some very basic settings issue.  Any clues?

Are there any good lists or resources for getting up to speed with Bluetooth
and iDevices?

Thanks!
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