Warning for those users who are in iOS 26 Developer Beta 1: Braille Screen Input Activation Gestures Not Working

By BlindFriend, 10 June, 2025

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Hi Friends,

For those that are installing iOS 26 Developer Beta 1, or already have it installed, Braille Screen Input activation gestures no longer work. To fix it, find a text field, then double tap to edit, and try the activation gestures. Then it should work again.

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Comments

By BlindFriend on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - 23:14

I'm so sorry. I meant to select Apple Beta Releases but VoiceOver's focus jumped all the way to iOS and iPadOS. Sorry about that.

By Kushal Solanki on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 - 01:49

the braille screen input activation gesture is working for me.

By KE8UPE on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 - 11:24

I have it set so Braille screen input automagically opens when I put focus in a text field, such as this one.
This works here on my iPhone 15 pro, but not my brand new m4 iPad Pro .
Both are running the first version 26 beta.

By Mitchell on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 - 16:49

I think it might have to do with the Braille table you have selected. I think Liblouis is having issues globally, and it's possible the's why VoiceOver resets when the activation gestures occur.