Connect Braille
Installation
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Your Connect Braille now has a wireless connection to the PC, and you can utilize all of its
functions, as if it were connected via the USB cable.
Note: If you move the Connect Braille beyond the Bluetooth connection's communications
radius (10 meters/yards), the connection to the PC will be interrupted. The connection will
automatically be re-established by Handy Tech's Braille device driver once you move back
within range. For this you need to have installed the latest Braille display driver (see
chapter 2.2).
2.7.2 Bluetooth Apple iOS Device Tie-In
Mobile Apple devices, such as the iPhone or iPad, include a screen reader by default,
which enables blind people to operate the devices by speech and Braille output. In order to
connect the Connect Braille via Bluetooth with an Apple device, you have to activate
VoiceOver first. Please follow these steps:
1. Please make sure that the Connect Braille is turned on and Bluetooth is enabled.
For this purpose, it may be necessary to switch the device off and on again.
2.
Open “Settings” on the home screen of your iOS device.
3.
Choose „Accessibility from the „General“ page.
4. Turn VoiceOver on.
5.
Choose “Braille” on the Accessibility page.
6. If Bluetooth is off, the iOS device will remind you and you should turn it on now.
7. The iOS device is now searching for Bluetooth Braille displays. Please choose the
Connect Braille
named “Active Braille AB4xxx” from the list.
8. The iOS device will show a 6-digit pairing code, which must be confirmed.
9. The Bluetooth connection will be established, and you can read the text from the
iOS device on the Braille display.
Note: if the Bluetooth connection was interrupted because the Connect Braille or the Apple
device was turned off or in sleep mode, please activate the Connect Braille first. The
connection will be re-established automatically, when turning on the Apple device.
We recommend setting the Accessibility Shortcut (3 time pressing the home key) to
VoiceOver. To define the Accessibility Shortcut, go to settings / general / Accessibility all
the way down to Accessibility Shortcut.
2.7.3 Bluetooth-Android Device Tie-In
Android devices, such as the Samsung Galaxy Sx, include the screen reader TalkBack by
default, which enables blind people to operate the devices by speech. This is pre-installed
on most Android devices and can be activated under Settings>Accessibility. For Braille
support an additional App, called BrailleBack, is needed which you can download and
install via Play Store. In order to connect the Connect Braille via Bluetooth with an Android
device, please follow these steps:
1. Please make sure that the Connect Braille is turned on and Bluetooth is enabled.
For this purpose, it may be necessary to switch the device off and on again.
2. Activate Bluetooth on the Android device and search for new devices.
3. After some seconds, the Connect Braille will be found and listed in the device list,
named as “Active Braille AB4xxx”.
4. Start the pairing process by double click on the Connect Braille.
5. The Android device will show a 6-digit pairing code, which must be confirmed.
