Hi,
Would this work for both the Ipad and Iphone, since there sort of
the same thing? I know the Ipad has a lock button, not sure about
the Iphone though. I also know both devices have bluetooth.
Josh
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Hall <[email protected]
To: bn <[email protected]
Date sent: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:30:26 -0500
Subject: [Braillenote] big hint for pairing apex and iTouch
devices
Hi all,
Ever since I got my iPod Touch, I have hesitated to carry it with
me
because of the need for headphones. I know the apex can act as a
display, but I always thought that pairing initially if either
the
iPod or apex had been off would be a huge pain. Thanks to
someone over
on the aiphone list, I now know that this is not the case. You
can
leave speech off on the iPod and pair, provided bluetooth is on
on the
iPod (which does not seem to be a huge battery drain). Do this:
1. On the iPod, with speech on or off, lock the unit by pressing
the
lock button.
2. On the Apex, enter braille terminal mode and select bluetooth
as
the port. Make sure bluetooth is on as the apex sometimes will
not
turn it on automatically.
3. You will see a blank display on the apex. Now unlock the
iPod by
pressing the home or lock button. After ten seconds or so, the
current
time will appear on the apex. At this point, find the unlock
button by
touching the bottom of the screen, flicking, or using thumb keys
or
space-4 to move forward by item. Once there, activate it and
type in
your security code, if you have one set. You may not be able to
see
what you are writing, but just use a number sign and the standard
literary numbers, and do not pause in writing, and it should
work.
I want to stress that, despite my first thoughts, this can be
done
completely silently. No need to dig out earbuds for just five
seconds,
just pull out the iPod, put the apex in terminal mode, unlock,
and
away you go. Of course, if bluetooth is turned off on the iPod,
this
will not work; you must have already paired the apex with the
iPod
through the Braille option of the VoiceOver settings. Once
paired
once, though, the two will remain paired unless you tell the iPod
to
forget the Apex or, maybe, if you reset the iPod. I am not yet
sure
what happens if you reset the apex.
--
Have a great day,
Alex (msg sent from GMail website)
[email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap
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