Hello. Please, I would like to ask you for help. I like screen braille input on Apple devices, but blind people from Slovakia cannot use it properly because there is no way to type some accented characters Slovak language has.
I got in touch with Apple accessibility team two years ago and they said they would fix it, but nothing has been done about it by now.
Is there any other way how to make them listen and get it fixed?
People who use other languages (not English), how does braille imput work for you?
Thank you very much for all your suggestions and ideas.
By Maya, 23 March, 2020
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Braille on Apple Products
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In the settings,
In the settings, accessibility, voiceover and then braille, you go to braille tables. That will let you add braille tables. To change between the tables, when you are in brail screen input, just flick up with two fingers.
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replied on thee go. Don't know if your language is there. It is worth a check but if it was that would have been the default table.
How to change langue in imput Braille in Iphone
Hi May and everyone,
I use Braille IMput eveyrday, and I have to change to different languages evryday as well. So, you have to do 2 steeps. First at all, to listen that you write in the language that you want, you have to install the keyboard of this language and when you are in the field in which you want to write, you have to set the language keyboard that you want. Afterwards, with the rotor, you ahve to go to Braille TAble, and choose (sweeping from the top, to botom) the Braille talbe that you want to us. Pay attention, because if you write a message in slovaquina, for example, and afterwardds you want to write a new one in english, you have to change the Braille TAble everytime.
I hope having given you some help, otherwise, please, don't hexitate to ask me.María
Explanation
Hello. Thank you very much for your help so far.
To explain it better, the thing is that in Slovak language (Screen Braille input), some braille dots (patterns) have not been assigned to correct letters (special accented characters).
For example: in Slovak Braille, dots 1,4,6 is č, but when using screen braille input, dots 1,4,6 give completely different symbol. And it is like this with more symbols in Slovak language.
That means those who want to type in Slovak language using braille input are not able to do that.
This bug has been noticed since braille input is available on the IOS devices, but it seems Apple does not care to fix it.
Hi Maya,
Hi Maya,
but are you using the slovaquin Braille table when you use the imput Braille, aren't you?.
I suppose that they will be assigned another Braille combination for these letters, for example, with the @ in italian is so, it doesn't correspond with the normal @ sign,
Unfortunately I can not help you because I don't know a word of Slovaquian language, and so the only thing that I can advice is to ask to other slovaquin blind who use the imput Braille, or ask to the slovaquin blind assocaition (I mean, the departmen taht is dedicated to tiflotecnology) and perhaps they can know it.
I'm very sorry for not be able to help you.
Good luck
María