John, bluetooth 4.2 is pretty good. 30 meters range and you can pair 8 devices or so pretty successfully. Braille devices are very simple serial channels so don’t require a lot of horsepower. The interoperability and interference avoidance with WiFi is also quite good now I believe it’s called bluetooth collaboration mode. Not sure on the cryptographic strength, that was always a weak point.
Hope that helps. > On Dec 20, 2016, at 11:24 AM, Jonathan Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is unfortunate, there are times when wireless is just not reliable / > secure enough. I wonder at what level of density does bluetooth performance > degrade to being nearly unusable. > > > On 20 December 2016 at 10:40, E.T. <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > There is no USB support for the iDevices. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > I have seen the truth and it makes no sense. > E-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > On 12/20/2016 3:06 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > Before I go too far into this message, I want to save any confusion. I > know I said this in my subject, but let me reidderate: this is in > regards to iOS, *not!* OSX. > > So, I'm not sure if this would actually work, but I figured that I'd > ask. How extensive is iOS's USB support? By this what I mean in relation > to braille is, let's say I was to buy a female USB to lightning adapter. > I know for a fact that Apple sells them. Could I, then, in theory, take > my Pac Mate Omni BX 20's braille display, plug it via USB into the > adapter, then put that adapter into the lightning port of my iPhone, or > iPad, and expect it to allow me to go into Voiceover settings/Braille, > and get my display to work? I just got off the phone with Apple before > sending this message, and they told me that was actually a really darn > good question, and to tell me the truth, they really honestly aren't > sure. They said they suspect? it would work? but they just can't be too > sure. > > Have any a you guys actually tried this, and if so, diddit work? > > Chris. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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