Unable to pair braillenote pk with iPhone

By Emily, 30 August, 2023

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Braille on Apple Products

Hello everyone,
I have a braillenote pk that I bought so that I could use it as a portable braille display with my iPhone. It seems like a nice display, but unfortunately I can't seem to get it to pair with my iPhone. When I go into the terminal for screen reader option on my braillenote pk, I make sure to make sure that Bluetooth is selected as an option for the terminal port. When I press enter, the braillenote pk says that there are no Bluetooth devices that are paired and active. When I go into the terminal option and I don't press enter, I can't find the display in my VoiceOver Braille settings. When I try to pair it via my Bluetooth settings, VoiceOver says "braillenotepk is not supported." Is there any way to fix this? Or am I just stuck with an expensive paperweight at this point?
Thank you all in advance for any suggestions you may have.

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By Maldalain on Saturday, September 23, 2023 - 23:08

It is no longer compatible as far as I think. I have the mPower and it does the same, Apple says I tis compatible, but as it can not be detected then it is clearly incompatible.

By Scott Davert on Saturday, September 23, 2023 - 23:08

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

Hi Emily. The BrailleNote MPower and PK were the last Bluetooth capable braille devices made that have Bluetooth older than what is compatible with iOS. The PK was a nice device though!

By Emily on Saturday, September 23, 2023 - 23:08

Thank you all for your responses. It looks like I'm stuck with an expensive paperweight at this point. Does anyone have any ideas as to what else I can do with it if I can't use it with my iPhone?