Support for braille displays – Apple iPhone iOS 8.4 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Select all text: Command–A

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

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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 iPhone when VoiceOver is turned on. For a

list of supported braille displays, see

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

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Connect a braille display. Turn on the display, then go to Settings > 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:

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Choose contracted, uncontracted 8-dot, or uncontracted 6-dot braille input or output

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Turn on the status cell and choose its location

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Turn on Nemeth code for equations

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Display the onscreen keyboard

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Choose to have the page turned automatically when panning

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Change the braille translation from Unified English

For information about common braille commands for VoiceOver navigation, and for information

specific to certain displays, see

support.apple.com/kb/HT4400

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Set the language for VoiceOver. Go to Settings > General > Language & Region.
If you change the language for iPhone, you may need to reset the language for VoiceOver and

your braille display.

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