Hi there, i have this setup and have some answers for you which I'm
hoping will help.
1. The compose button is toward the top of the screen. In fact, many of
the buttons that you are used to on the iPhone at the bottom are on the
top with the iPad. So, look for it around the top right to the top center.
2. This is typical because when the display is connected, the
iPad/iPhone knows there is a keyboard and so the onscreen keyboard is
hidden. The idea is that if you already have an external keyboard, most
people won't want the onscreen keyboard. That being said, you can use
the eject function to display the onscreen keyboard. I'm just guessing
here, but I think the command is Space with E. However I have a feeling
I'm wrong. The best way to experiment is to do a Space with K for
knowledge, then this turns on the help practice mode. Now, press various
Space and letter or symbol keys on the display and see what they all do.
Take care because Space with B is the Back up, or Escape function and
that will turn off the practice mode. While in this mode you can also
perform finger gestures on your iThingy screen and Voice Over will tell
you what they are.
3. This is most likely because you are not doing things in the proper
sequence. Here's how it should go after you have paired the two devices.
First make sure the iPad is locked. Now turn on the display. Now press
the Home button to open the lock screen. The display should connect. Now
unlock the iPad. The display will work with it. Once you are done and
you want to finish using the display, lock the iPad. Then power off the
display. Now, if you want to continue to use the iPad without the
display, just unlock it and go on about your business. However if you
are using it and you want to start using the display, you have to lock
the iPad, power on the display, and then unlock the iPad. In other
words, the iPad must be locked when the display is either powered on or
off. According to Freedom Scientific Focus Blue manual, doing things in
a different order, or turning off the display while the iPad/iPhone is
not locked could result in the loss of the pairing information. I've
seen similar happen with the Braille Sense notetakers and the iPhone as
well as the Alva TC640 displays, so I suspect it might be an iThingy thingy.
Good luck.
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On 7/25/2013 1:41 PM, Nimit Gmail wrote:
Hello all, got an iPad mini with a braille display and a bluetooth keyboard
that is built-in my case! Now, I have some questions for you guys.
1. When I'm viewing my mails in the mail app, I don't find the compose button
anywhere. In the iPhone, it is in the bottom corner, but in the iPad, I have
to open a message and then, I see the compose button there. What is the
easiest way to find it?
2. When my braille display is connected with my iPad, I don't see the
on-screen keyboard. How do you toggle the on-screen keyboard?
3. When my braille display is connnected to my iPad, and I turn the display
off when I don't need it, and activate it again, it doesn't recognize itself
and I have to go through the pair option all the time. What is the best way
you guys accomplish this?
That's it for now. Will ask more later. Thank you for your assistance.
Nimit
Sent from my iPad
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