If you don’t have the activation gestures on, I’m sure it will always think you are doing the magic tap no matter how far away your fingers are from each other.
Go to settings, Accessibility, VoiceOver, Braille, Braille Screen Input, and flick right to Use Activation gestures and make sure it is on. Richard, “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” – Jane Wagner, from The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. My web site: <https://www.turner42.com> https://www.turner42.com From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Peter Tesar Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2024 6:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Still struggling, Re: Braille screen input Hello, I wasn’t clear about my use of 1 finger and 2 finger double taps. Trying a few more times, I still cannot get BSI to start using the taps. The 2-finger double tap is the magic tap that starts & stops a radio station. It also will answer & disconnect a phone call. I’ve tried a 1-finger double tap simultaneously on each hand, at the top and bottom center edge of the screen. Also on the corners on the same side and the diagonally opposite corners. The radio comes on and then off with the next tap. The single finger double tap on opposite edges does not start BSI for me. I can only engage BSI with the roter and while in landscape, flip to hear: Screen away To calibrate the dots, when tapping the right 3 finger tips near the edge I usually hear the numbers 4 and 5 and sometimes 4, 5 and 6. Lifting the right 3 fingers , and repeating with the left 3 fingers , I never hear 1, 2 or 3. I never near: dot positions calibrated Obviously my fingers are not correctly positioned. I wanted to learn to get BSI correct before upgrading to IOS 18 in case IOS 18 has BSI broken. Where do I find the “Use activation gesture”. Thanks for giving me the basic steps to make BSI work. My next step will be to upgrade to IOS 18 and hope for better results. Peter T. On 2024-11-02 5:22 PM, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: Hello: Please make sure that “Use activation gesture” is on under BSI. Good luck From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin Sent: Friday, November 1, 2024 5:20 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Still struggling, Re: Braille screen input Strange, I could not get that to work. I tried, both fingers near the top center, then like you did, one top center and one bottom center. All it does for me is it turns on dictation. I am assuming the type of phone should not make a difference, but I am using an iPhone 14 Pro. Chris Chaffin Follow me on Mastodon: @[email protected] On Nov 1, 2024, at 11:07 AM, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Actually, you don’t have to be in the corners to do the double taps. I just verified this by intentionally tapping in the top and bottom center of the screen while in landscape position. Richard, “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” – Jane Wagner, from The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. My web site: https://www.turner42.com From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin Sent: Friday, November 1, 2024 8:03 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Still struggling, Re: Braille screen input To turn on Braille Screen Input, you basically need to double tap a left hand corner and a right hand corner while in landscape mode. These double taps need to be done together at the same time. It does not matter whether you use both top corners, both bottom corners, or one of each. I personally put my left hand finger at the top left corner, and my right hand finger at the bottom corner. If it does not work sometimes for you, maybe you are not always putting your fingers far enough in the corners. As far as callibrating the dots. You first put your right hand down, lift it and quickly put your left hand down and lift it. You can do this while in typing mode or command mode. If done correctly, you will hear, dot positions callibrated. You can callibrate the dots as much as you need. I found that I was putting my hands to far to the top and that made my typing not as accurate. So I just lowered my hands a little toward the bottom of the screen and my typing got accurate again. Hope this helps. Chris Chaffin Follow me on Mastodon: @[email protected] On Oct 31, 2024, at 4:00 PM, Peter Tesar <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hello, I have the basics to get BSI started and stopped but it’s hit and miss. Can you clarify the correct gestures to start and configure the fingers. **Start Using the roter is hit and miss and sometimes it’s is changed to unselected. The other way to engage BSI is with finger taps. How exactly should the 1 finger double tap be done? Should the Iphone be in portrait and facing me? Should the taps be in the center or the diagonally opposite corners of the screen? Should this tap be simultaneous or one after the other? ***Configuring the 6 fingers When BSI starts, the Iphone is in landscape and screen away. The Iphone back corners are braced with my thumbs and pinkies and part of the palms. The right and left 3 center fingers are curled so that the tips will tap the right and left edges. Should the 3 fingers touch each other or be apart? I start with the right fingers for dots 4, 5 and 6. Should they be tapped simultaneously or one after the other? Should they be held down or lifted before repeating fingers for 1, 2 and 3? With screen away I can lock the layout with a 3 finger swipe down. I’m trying different methods and getting mixed results. Writing the alphabet from “a” gets me to “g” most of the time. I don’t hear any letters using dot 3 like k, l, m, etc. What is the correct gesture for starting and configuring? Peter T. On 2024-10-29 9:19 AM, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone wrote: Hello Gezim, I am replying using Braille Screen Input. It working like always for me. I engage it by double tapping with one finger at the top and one at the bottom of the screen. Also on 18.1 but on the 16 pro, but that shouldn't matter. Richard, USA "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." -- John Wesley My web site: https://www.turner42.com (sent from my iPhone 16 pro) c On Oct 29, 2024, at 6:04 AM, Gezim Rexha <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all, Yesterday I updated my iPhone to iOS 18.1, and I noticed that Braille screen input is no longer functioning. 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