Hi Scott, If you turn on automatic braille translation, braille input will be just like before. Otherwise, press Space or Space with dots 4-5 to make the current word translate.
Best, Anna > On Apr 6, 2015, at 8:52 AM, Scott Davert <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Paul. > Oh yes, I've had this issue, and it's a major one for me. In fact, I'm > in the process of writing an article about this. I suspect, but can't > confirm, that this feature was designed to allow a person to > immediately see what they have typed, before it goes to the > translator. Which is fine, I guess, if you're not confident in your > braille typing, but it would be nice if this feature could be turned > off so that it would go back to the old way of braille keyboard input. > > Scott > > On 4/6/15, Paul Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello everyone. I use a Brailliant BI 40 braille display with my IPhone 5S >> and IOS 8.2. I don’t have any issues reading but when I write, sometimes my >> display just locks up. I can sometimes wait for a couple of seconds and it >> frees up. Howevr, other times it won’t free and I have to either reboot >> everything or reestablish the pairing. I’ve reported this to Apple >> Accessibility and have done numerous tests with them. However, Apple, as far >> as I’m concerned has not taken ownership of this issue. Has anyone else had >> issues with their braille displays or with Apple refusing to take >> ownership? >> >> Thanks so much. >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Woody Anna Dresner >> Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 6:35 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Problem Running Braille Display with iOS 8.2 >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> The problem is that Quick Nav is on by default. That causes this problem. >> You need to turn Quick Nav off. in iOS 8.2, the only way to do that is to >> press the left and right arrow keys together on a Bluetooth keyboard. >> Fortunately, in iOS 8.3, you’ll also be able to do it by pressing Space with >> Q on a braille display. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Anna >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 6, 2015, at 1:05 AM, Joe Quinn <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I'm not sure that having automatic braille translation on or off would >> solve my issue. What the issue is, is when I'm in the now reading tab and >> have a braille file loaded, and I press r to get to the reading window, it >> actually enters an r, as if it's in a document. And it used to not do that, >> it used to go directly to the reading window. Therefore, I can never get >> back to the place that I was at, because I have to actually dot 4-chord to >> the Reading window, thereby having to start all the way at the beginning. >> This is the same for and, next, and P, previous buttons. It enters the >> actual letters, and I don't know how to fix that, unless an update to the >> Bard mobile app is in order. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Apr 6, 2015, at 12:47 AM, Woody Anna Dresner <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Automatic braille translation doesn’t conflict with BARD if you switch >> braille input to 8-dot while you’re using the app. This is a good idea >> anyway, since then each letter you type is seen as a letter rather than a >> word. The only problem is that Quick Nav is on by default, and in iOS 8.2, >> you need a Bluetooth keyboard to turn off Quick Nav. >> >> >> >> HTH, >> >> Anna >> >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 5, 2015, at 11:31 PM, Joe Quinn <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> >> But automatic Braille translation messes with the BARD navigation keys, >> especially when reading a .brf file, as it thinks you're trying to write a >> word. Is there anyway around this? I want my navigation commands back. :-) >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Apr 5, 2015, at 11:25 PM, Woody Anna Dresner <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi Alan, >> >> >> >> It sounds like your friend has automatic braille translation turned off. >> When she starts typing a word, it goes into a buffer, as indicated by the >> full braille cells at either end of the display. When she presses Space or >> dots 4-5-chord, the word will be entered into the text, and the full braille >> cells will disappear. >> >> >> >> Another option is to turn off automatic braille translation. Then text is >> translated automatically a couple of seconds after you type it, regardless >> of whether you’ve pressed Space or dots 4-5-chord. The only problem with >> that is that if you stop in the middle of a word to think about something, >> the part that you’ve already typed gets back-translated, which can cause >> problems. For that reason, I leave automatic braille translation turned >> off. >> >> >> >> HTH, >> >> Anna >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 5, 2015, at 11:09 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I have another question for my friend running iOS 8.2 on an iPhone 6. Are >> there new commands to operate a braille display when running iOS8.2? 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