Support for braille displays, Support for, Braille displays – Apple iPad iOS 7.1 User Manual

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Appendix A

Accessibility

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Text editing
Use these commands (with Quick Nav turned off) to work with text. VoiceOver reads the text as
you move the insertion point.

Go forward or back one character: Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Go forward or back one word: Option–Right Arrow or Option–Left Arrow

Go up or down one line: Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Go to the beginning or end of the line: Command–Left Arrow or Command–Down Arrow

Go to the beginning or end of the paragraph: Option–Up Arrow or Option–Down Arrow

Go to the previous or next paragraph: Option–Up Arrow or Option–Down Arrow

Go to the top or bottom of the text field: Command–Up Arrow or Command–Down Arrow

Select text as you move: Shift + any of the insertion point movement commands above

Select all text: Command–A

Copy, cut, or paste the selected text: Command–C, Command–X, or Command–V

Undo or redo last change: Command–Z or Shift–Command–Z

Support for braille displays

You can use a Bluetooth braille display to read VoiceOver output, and you can use a braille
display with input keys and other controls to control iPad when VoiceOver is turned on. For a list
of supported braille displays, go to

www.apple.com/accessibility/ios/braille-display.html

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Connect a braille display. Turn on the display, then go to Settings > General > Bluetooth and
turn on Bluetooth. Then go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille and
choose the display.
Adjust Braille settings. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille, where you can:

Turn on contracted braille

Turn off automatic braille translation

Turn off eight-dot braille

Turn on the status cell and choose its location

Turn on Nemeth code for equations

Display the onscreen keyboard

Change the braille translation from Unified English

For information about common braille commands for VoiceOver navigation, and for information
specific to certain displays, go to

support.apple.com/kb/HT4400

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Set the language for VoiceOver. Go to Settings > General > International > Language.

If you change the language for iPad, you may need to reset the language for VoiceOver and your
braille display.

You can set the leftmost or rightmost cell of your braille display to provide system status and
other information:

Announcement History contains an unread message

The current Announcement History message hasn’t been read

VoiceOver speech is muted

The iPad battery is low (less than 20% charge)

iPad is in landscape orientation

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