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UsingaRefreshableBrailleDisplaywiththeiPad

Chapter1:SettingsThismanualhasbeenwrittenforiOS8.

ModuleObjectives

• 1.1UpdateiOSsoftware• 1.2RotorSettings• 1.3MultitaskingGestures• 1.4Triple-ClickHome• 1.5SpeechRate• 1.6LargerType• 1.7BoldText• 1.8IncreaseContrast• 1.9ReduceMotion• 1.10LargeCursor• 1.11Auto-Lock• 1.12SideSwitch:LockRotation/Mute• 1.13SoundsandAlerts• 1.14ConnectWi-Fi• 1.15PasscodeLock• 1.16ContractedBraille• 1.17AutomaticBrailleTranslation• 1.18Eight-dot&Six-dotBraille• 1.19StatusCell• 1.20EquationsUseNemethCode• 1.21ShowOnscreenKeyboard• 1.22BrailleTranslation• 1.23HomeScreenLayoutTheUsingaRefreshableBrailleDisplaywiththeiPadmanualisbeingsharedonthePathstoTechnologywebsitewithpermissionfromSASInstituteInc.


Overview

WerecommendforeachtrainingparticipanttoinitiallyestablishthesameiPadsettingssothatalltheiPadsusedinthetrainingwillreactinsamefashion.Thesesettingsarethemostcommonsettingsusedbystudentswithvisualimpairments.Afterthetraining,youmaychoosetochangesomeofthesettingsaccordingtouniquestudentneeds.ThereareafewdifferencesbetweenvariousiPadgenerations.Thesedifferenceswillbediscussedinthismanual.

Fordetailedinformationaboutthesesettings–whattheyare,whyyouwantthesesettings,anddirectionswithscreenshotsonhowtoselectthesesettings,pleaserefertothe“IntroductiontoiPadAccessibilityFeaturesforBlindandLowVisionStudents”manual.

iOS7nowsupportsNemethCode–whenthemathiscreatedproperlyusingmathML.iOS7hasalsoaddedmoreoptionsforRefreshableBrailleDisplays(RBDs)andlowvisionfeatures.

TheiPadsupportsnumerousbrandsofRefreshableBrailleDisplays.Inthismanual,wewillusetheAPH18Refreshabraille,asitisthemostcommonRBDforyoungerstudentsintheschoolsetting.TheAPH18RefreshabrailleisavailableatnocosttoschoolsintheUSthroughAPHQuotaFunds.

TheRBDispaired(connectedthroughBluetooth)withtheiPad.OncetheRBDispaired,theRBDwillautomaticallymirrorthetextandcontentontheiPad,givingthestudentaninstantbrailletranslationthatappearsontheRBD.WhenthestudentproducesdocumentsusingthePerkins-stylekeyboard,animmediateprinttranslationappearsontheiPad.Teachersandparentswhodonotknowbraillehaveinstantaneousprintaccesstowhatthestudenthasjustproduced;TeachersandparentscantypeontheiPadandthestudenthasinstantaccesstoabrailletranslationontheRBD.


Definitions

TheiPadisintendedtobeapersonaldevice–usedbyoneperson.Appledoesawonderfuljobofprovidingvariousoptionstomaximizetheindividualuser’ssuccess.Eachpersonwilluseauniquecombinationofsettingsthatbestsuitstheirindividualneeds.

BrailleCodesAvailableontheiPad

TheiPadcurrentlysupportsavarietyofbraillecodesthatcanbedisplayedontherefreshablebrailledisplay,includingUncontracted,Contracted,Nemeth,6-Dotand8-dotbraille.

• UncontractedBrailleisliteraryGradeIbraille.Eachcharacter(letter,literarynumber,andpunctuation)isrepresentedbyauniquebraillesymbol.

• ContractedBrailleisliteraryGradeIIbraille.Contractionsareusedlikeshorthandinordertosavespaceandtime.

• NemethCodeisthemathcodeusedbytheUnitedStates.• UnifiedEnglishBrailleCode(UEB)istheliterarycodethathasbeenadoptedbymany

countries.TheBrailleAuthorityofNorthAmerica(BANA)hasrecentlyadoptedtheUEBbraillecode;theUnitedStateswillbeslowlytransitionedtothisliterarybraillecodebutwillcontinuetouseNemethformath.UEBisbasedonthecurrentbraillecode;lettersandnumberswillstaythesame.Therewillbesomechangestopunctuationandsomerulesfortheuseofcontractionswillchange.

• ASCIIBrailleissometimesreferredtoas“computerbraille”.ASCIIlettersarethesameasuncontractedbraille.NumberscorrespondwithNemethnumberswithoutanumbersign.ASCIIBraillepunctuationsymbolsaredifferentthanUSliterarybraillepunctuationsymbols.

TEACHERHINT:IOS6(ANDEARLIER)USEDASCIIBRAILLEONTHEIPADWHENUNCONTRACTEDBRAILLEWAS

SELECTED–MAKINGTHEPUNCTUATIONSYMBOLSDIFFERENTTHANUSLITERARYGRADEIBRAILLE.INIOS7,IFYOUSELECTENGLISH(US)BRAILLEANDUNCONTRACTEDBRAILLE,PUNCTUATIONSYMBOLSWILLBECORRECTFORUSGRADEIBRAILLE.

• 6DotBrailleisusedforLiteraryContracted,LiteraryUncontracted,UEB,NemethandASCIIbraille.

• 8DotBraillecanbeusedfortechnicalmathematicsandsciences;howeveritisnotcommonlyusedinK-12education.


TEACHERHINT:WHENSIX-DOTBRAILLEISSELECTED,THERBDWILLUSEDOTS8AND7TOINDICATETHEVOICEOVERCURSORFOREDITINGPURPOSESANDTODISPLAYTHESTATUSCELL.STUDENTSCANUSEDOTS7&8TOINPUTADDITIONALCOMMANDS.

• StatusCellBrailleUserscansettheStatusCelltodisplayonthefarleftorfarrightcellontherefreshablebrailledisplay.TheStatusCellcanprovideinfomationaboutthebuttons,textfield,popups,announcements,lowbattery,andmore.

• VoiceOverCursorontheRefreshableBrailleDisplayWhenediting,the“I-beam”orflashingprintcursorontheiPad’sscreenisdisplayedontherefreshablebrailledisplaybytheflashingDot8andDot7.TheVoiceOverCursorissplitbetweentwobraillecells.Thisenablestheusertoinsertcharactersbetweenthosetwobraillecells.

Toselectyourpreferredbraillecode,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braillethenchooseoneofthefollowingoptions:

TosetLiteraryContractedBraille(GradeII):ContractedBrailleOn,8DotBrailleOff,English(US)Braille.

TosetLiteraryUncontractedBraille(GradeI):ContractedBrailleOff,8DotBrailleOff,English(US)Braille.

TosetUEBBraille:ContractedBrailleOn,8DotBrailleOff,English(Unified)Braille.

TosetNemethCode:EquationsUseNemethCodeOn.

TEACHERHINT:THEIPADNOWSUPPORTSNEMETHCODESTARTINGINIOS7.NEMETHCODEONLYWORKSWHENTHECONTENTWASCREATEDWITHMATHMLCODE;TEACHERSCURRENTLYCANNOTCREATENEMETHCODEBYTYPINGNUMBERSANDEQUATIONS.CURRENTLY,STUDENTSCANNOTPRODUCENEMETHCODEBYSIMPLYIMPUTTINGTHENEMETHUSINGTHEREFRESHABLEBRAILLEDISPLAY.HOWEVER,APPSSHOULDSOONBEAVAILABLETHATWILLENABLETEACHERSANDSTUDENTSTOEASILYCREATEANDREADNEMETHONTHEIPAD/REFRESHABLEBRAILLEDISPLAY.


RefreshableBrailleDisplayDefinitions

• RoutingKeysarethesmallroundbuttonslocatedbeloworabovethebraillepins.Whenyoupresstheroutingkey,theVoiceOvercursorandtheI-beam(ontheiPadscreen)willmovetothatlocationinthetext.IfyouareusingContractedBrailleandyoupresstheroutingkeybelowawordwithcontractions,thatword–andonlythatword-willchangetoUncontractedBraille.

• AdvancedBarsorPanningKeysenablethereadertopanacrossthebraille.OntheAPH18Refreshabraille,thereare18characters–meaningthatonly18letters,spacesandpunctuationcanappearatanyonetime.Toviewthepreviousornext18characters,theuserwillpresstheAdvancedBarwhichisalsocalledthePanningKey.


1.1UpdateiOSSoftware

AppleiPads,iPadMinis,iPhones,andiPodTouchesusethesameoperatingsystemsoftwarecalled“iOS”.Asaconsequence,mostaspectsoftheuserinterfaceforallofthosedevicesareidentical.

PleasemakesurethatyouriPadisupdatedtothelatestiOSversion.ThismanualiscurrentlyusingiOS7.TherehavebeennumeroussmallupdatessinceiOS7cameout;Applewillcontinuetohavesmallupdatesthroughouttheyear.IfyouriPadneedstobeupdated,thereshouldbeasmallred“1”displayedontheSettingsicon.

Note:TheiPad1canonlybeupdatedtoversion5ofiOS.

Tovieworupdateyoursoftware,gotoSettings>General>SoftwareUpdate.

Duringthistraining,wewillusethelatestversionofiOS8.


1.2RotorSettings

VoiceOver–theiPad’sbuilt-iniOSscreenreader–featuresaninnovativevirtualcontrolcalledthe“rotor”.TherotorisonlyavailablewhenVoiceOveristurnedon.Turntherotoronbyrotatingyourthumbandfinger(oranytwofingers)onthescreenasifyouwereturninganactualdial.Apopupdialwillappearandyouwillhearauniqueclickingsound.Continuetoturntherotorinordertomovethroughthevariousrotoroptions.Theoptionsdisplayedwithintherotordependontheappyouareusing,thestateoftheappandtheRotoroptionsyouhaveselectedwithinSettings.

Therotorallowsyoutoconfigurethebehavioroftheonefingerswipeupandonefingerswipedowngestures.Forexample,wheneditingadocumentyoucanconfigurethosegesturestomovebackwardsorforwardsbyonecharacter,word,orline.Alternatively,whenusingSafaritosurfthewebyoucanconfigurethosegesturestomovebackwardsorforwardsbylinks,headings,buttons,andothertypesofelementsthatarecommonlyfoundonwebpages.

Toselectyourrotorsettings,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Rotorthenputacheckbesidethefollowingrotorsettings:

• Character• Words• Lines• SpeechRate• Containers• Headings• Links• FormControls• Tables• Lists• TextFields• Punctuation

Duringthistraining,wewillselecttherotorsettingsabove.


The“Toolbar”atthetopofthescreenindicateswhereyouare.Inthescreenshotbelow,theToolbarhas“Settings”,Backarrowwith“General”andthen“Accessibility”.ThistellsyouthatyouareintheSettingsAppandarenowontheAccessibilityScreen.YoucangobacktotheGeneralscreenbytappingontheBackarrowwith“General”.

TEACHERHINT:ITISIMPORTANTTOIMMEDIATELYINTRODUCESTUDENTSWITHVISUALIMPAIRMENTSTOTOOLBARSINEACHAPPANDONEACHSCREEN,ASTHETOOLBARISUSEDTONAVIGATEWITHINTHEAPPANDWHATOPTIONSAREAVAILABLE.

Figure1iPadscreenshotofToolBarwithSettings,GeneralandAccessibility

Inthescreenshotbelow,thetoolbarhas“Settings,backarrowwithAccessibility,andthen“VoiceOver”.ThistellsyouthatyouareinSettingsappontheVoiceOverpage.YoucangobacktoAccessibilitypagebytappingonthebackarrowwith“Accessibility”.YouarecurrentlyontheVoiceOverscreen.

Figure2iPadscreenshotofToolBarwithSettings,Accessibility,VoiceOver


1.3MultitaskingGestures

“MultitaskingGestures”arefourorfivefingergesturesthateasilyallowyouto:

• PinchtotheHomeScreen• SwipeuptorevealtheTaskbar(VoiceOvercallsitthe“appswitcher”)• Swipeleftorrightbetweenopenapps

ToturnonMultitaskingGestures,gotoSettings>General>MultitaskingGesturesandmovetheslidertoON.

DuringthistrainingwewillsetMultitaskingGesturesON.

Note:TheiPhonedoesnotsupportmultitaskinggestures.However,youcanopentheTaskBarbydouble-clickingtheHomebutton.

TEACHERHINT:IFYOUAREUSINGTHEIPADWITHSTUDENTSWHOHAVEMULTIPLEDISABILITIES,YOUMAYPREFERTOTURNMULTITASKINGGESTURESOFF.SOMEOFTHESESTUDENTSACCIDENTLYBRINGUPTHETASKBARINTHEMIDDLEOFANIPADACTIVITY.

1.4Triple-ClickHome(AccessibilityShortcut)

“TripleClickHome”isamethodofclickingtheHomebuttonthreetimesinordertoeasilyturnOn/Offvariousaccessibilityfeatures.YoucanchoosetosetTriple-ClickHometocontrolVoiceOver,InvertColors,Zoom,AssistiveTouchoranycombinationofthesefeatures.

TosetTriple-ClickHome,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>AccessibilityShortcutandselectyourdesiredoption(s).

WithiOS7,youcanpressandholdtheHomebuttonandtellSiritoenableaccessibilityoptionssuchasVoiceOver,InvertColors,AssistiveTouch,andGuidedAccess.Say,“TurnonVoiceOver”andSiriwilldoso.ThisoptiondoesnotworkwithZoomandsomeoftheotheraccessibilityfeatures.YoumusthaveinternetconnectionforSiritowork.

Duringthistraining,wewillinitiallysettheTriple-ClickHomeaccessibilityshortcuttoZoom,InvertColorsandVoiceOver.


1.5SpeechRate

YoucanadjustthespeechrateinVoiceOvertoyourpreferredrateofspeed.

TosettheSpeechRate,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>SpeakingRate.Movetheslidingbuttontotheleftforslowerandtotherightforfasterspeech.

Duringthistraining,wewillsetthespeedto45%.

TEACHERHINT:USETHEROTORTOADJUSTTHESPEECHRATEONTHEFLY.

1.6LargerTypeTheiPadallowsyoutoincreasethetextsizefromapproximately8pointfontto26pointfont.ThelinejusttotheleftofthemiddleA(ontheslider)isapproximately11or12pointfont.

Thelargetextworkswithalerts,Calendar,Contacts,Mail,MessagesandNotes.

Readingsmallemailandtextmessageprintisfrequentlyanissueforlowvisionstudentsandforolderadults.ChangingtheiPhonesettingstoalargerprintsizeallowspeople–includingseniors-toeasilyreadtheiremail/textmessageswithoutmagnifyingtheentireapporrequirelearninganothersetofgestures.

Tochangetheprintsize,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>LargeText,turnDynamicTypeOnthenselectyourpreferredtextsize.

*ThereisaTextSizeoptionsettingunderGeneralaswellasunderAccessibility.

Selectyourpreferedtextsize.


1.7BoldTextiOS7hasaddedanewlowvisionoption–BoldText.ThedefaulttextiniOS7isthinnerthanthedefaulttextiniOS6;however,younowhavetheoptionofBoldText.

Toturnonthisoption,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>BoldText.ThischangerequiresrebootyouriPadtoapplytheboldtext.Apopupappearsaskingifyouwanttocancelorrestart.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnBoldTextON.

1.8IncreaseContrast

iOS7hasaddedanothernewlowvisionoption–IncreaseContrast.ImagesiniOS7oftenhavelesscontrastthantheimagesiniOS6.IncreaseContrastisanoptionthatwillimprovecontrastonsomebackgroundstoincreaselegibility.

Toturnonthisoption,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>IncreaseContrast.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnIncreaseContrastON.


1.9ReduceMotion

iOS7hasaddedparallaxandzoomingeffects-animationandmovementfeatures.Forsomepeople,thismovementiscausingmotionsickness.TheReducedMotionoptionminimizestheanimationandmovementfeatures.

TEACHERHINT:MANYSTUDENTSWITHVISUALIMPAIRMENTS–ESPECIALLYSTUDENTSWITHNYSTAGMUS–AREIMPACTEDBYTHEMOTION;OFTENTHESESTUDENTSDONOTVERBALIZETHATTHISMOTIONISANISSUE.ITISRECOMMENDEDTHATYOUTURNREDUCEMOTIONONFORALLYOURSTUDENTS.

Toturnonthisoption,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>ReduceMotion.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnReduceMotionON.

1.10LargeCursor

AnothernewoptioniniOS7istheLargeCursor.WhentheLargeCursoristurnedOntheVoiceOvercursorboxbecomesathick,boldbox.Whenthescreenbackgroundisdarker,theVoiceOvercursorboxalsoincludesawhitecontrastlinealongwiththeboldblackcursorbox.

Toturnonthisoption,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>(scrolldown)LargerCursor.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnLargeCursorON.


1.11Auto-Lock

TheiPaddefaultissettoauto-lock(turnoffthedisplayandlockthetouchscreen)aftertwominutesofinactivity.OntheiPad,theauto-lockoptionsare2minutes,5minutes,10minutes,or15minutes.OntheiPhone,theautolockoptionsare1minute,2minutes,3minutes,4minutes,5minutes,ornever.Ifyouselect“never”youareatriskofdrainingyourbattery.

Tochangeyourauto-lock,gotoSettings>General>Auto-Lockandcheckyourdesiredtimepreference.

Duringthetraining,wewillsettheauto-lockto15minutestoallowforinstructionbetweeniPadactivities.


1.12SideSwitch:LockRotation/Mute

ThereisasliderbuttonontheouteredgeoftheiPad.Thisbuttoncanbeusedtoeithermuteorlockrotation.

Ifinthe“LockRotation”setting,theiPaddoes/doesnotallowswitchingbetweenportraitandlandscapemodes.

Ifinthe“Mute”setting,theiPadis/isnotmuted.Whenmuted,onlycertainsounds(alerts,notifications,typingclicks,soundeffects,gameaudio)aremuted;mediaplayback(music,podcasts,movies,videos)arenotmuted.

ToselectyourSideSwitchpreference,gotoSettings>General>UseSideSwitchto:andcheckeitherLockRotationorMute.

Duringthistraining,wewillselectLockRotation.

TEACHERHINT:LOCKROTATIONSETTINGISOFTENBENEFICIALWHENSTUDENTSWITHVISUALIMPAIRMENTSAREUSINGTHEIPAD,SOTHATTHEIPADSCREENSTAYSORIENTEDCORRECTLY.NOTETHATSOMEAPPSDICTATETHETYPEOFSCREENORIENTATION.VOICEOVERUSERSNEEDTHEIPADSOUNDSANDTHEYDONOTWANTTOACCIDENTLYMUTETHEIPAD.HOWEVER,IFTHEIPADISBEINGUSEDBYTHETEACHEROFTHEVISUALLYIMPAIRED,ITISOFTENBENEFICIALTOSETTHESIDESWITCHTOMUTE.THISALLOWSTHETEACHERTOUNOBTRUSIVELYUSE

THEIPADINTHECLASSROOMWITHOUTEMAILALERTS,KEYBOARDCLICKS,ETC.

ForVoiceOverusers:

ToensurethatthesoundsareOn,youmustinitiallysettheSideSwitchtoMute.Then,ontheoutside,topleftedgeofyouriPad,slidethelittleroundbuttontotheleft–youwillseethebellsymbol(withoutthelinethroughthebell).OncethesoundsareOn,theninSettingssettheSideSwitchtoLockRotation.NowwhenyouslidethelittleroundbuttonontheoutsideedgeofyouriPad,alocksymbolappearsordisappears.

TEACHERHINT:IFTHESOUNDSWEREMUTEDWHENTHESIDESWITCHWASSETTOLOCKROTATION,THECRITICALVOICEOVERALERTSOUNDSWILLSTAYMUTEDEVENWHENTHESIDESWITCHISSETTOLOCKROTATION.IFTHISHAPPENED,GOINTOSETTINGSANDCHANGETHESIDESWITCHTOTHEMUTEOPTIONANDCHECKTHATTHEBELLSYMBOLAPPEARS.THEN,RESETTHESIDESWITCHTOLOCKROTATION.


1.13SoundsandAlerts

TheVoiceOversoundsandalerts(suchasthe“dddd”heardwhendraggingyourfingerthroughemptyspaceonthescreen)canalsobeturnedon/offandthevolumecanbeincreased/decreasedinSoundsettings.TheseVoiceOversoundsarecriticaltouserswhoarevisuallyimpaired.

ToadjustthevolumeoftheVoiceOversoundsandalerts,gotoSettings>Sounds>RingerandAlerts.Ajustthevolumeusingtheslider.Thedefaultsettingisinthemiddle.

TEACHERHINT:IFTHEVOLUMEISSETTOOLOW,YOUMAYNOTHEARTHECRITICALVOICEOVERSOUNDSANDALERTS.MAKESURETHEVOLUMEISSETINTHEMIDDLEOFTHESLIDERORHIGHER.

1.14ConnectWi-Fi

ManyschoolsandbusinesseshaveguestWi-Fiaccessallowingyoutoaccessfreeinternet.Onceyouhavejoinedanopennetwork,youriPadwillautomaticallyjointhatnetworkeachtimeyouareinrange.Ifnoknownnetworksareavailable,youwillhavetomanuallyselectanetwork.SomeWi-Finetworkswillbelocked;theselockednetworksareindicatedbythelocksymbol.Youwillneedapasswordtojoinalockednetwork.

Tovieworchooseanetwork,gotoSettings>Wi-Fi>ChooseaNetworkandcheckthedesirednetwork.

HINT:THEWI-FISLIDERMUSTBEON;IFTHEWI-FISLIDERISOFFAVAILABLENETWORKSWILLBEHIDDEN.

Forthistraining,youwillneedWi-Fi.


1.15PasscodeLock

YoucanchoosetokeepyouriPadprivatebyaddingapasscode.WhentheiPadisturnedonor“wakesup”,thescreenwillshowanumberpad.YoumusttapthecorrectnumbersinordertounlocktheiPad.Youwillchooseyourownpassword.

TosetyourPasscodeLock,gotoSettings>General>PasscodeLock.Apop-upscreenwillappear.Youwillenteryourpersonal4numbercode.

TEACHERHINT:IFYOUAREUSINGANIPADANDYOUHAVECONFIDENTIALSTUDENTINFORMATIONONTHEIPAD,YOUWILLNEEDTOUSETHEPASSCODELOCK.

Forthistraining,youwillNOTneedtosetthePasscodeLock.


1.16ContractedBraille

TheiPadsupportsbothGradeIIBraille(Contracted)andGradeIBraille(Uncontracted).Formoststudents,ContractedBrailleisthebestoption.ThereareeasyoptionstoinstantlyswitchbackandforthbetweenContractedandUncontractedBraille,whichenablesabeginningbraillestudenttheabilitytoindependentlydoublecheckorlearnnewbraillecontractions.

TosetContractedBraille,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>ContractedBraille

Figure3iPadscreenshotshowingRBDsettingoptions

Inthistraining,wewillturnContractedBrailleON.


1.17AutomaticBrailleTranslation

PriortoiOS7,whenusingGradeIIBrailleandtheRBD,studentshadtoquicklytypethefullwordfollowedbyaspaceorbypunctuation.Ifthestudenttypedabrailleletterslowly,theindividualletterswouldautomaticallybecomewholewordcontractions.Formanystudents,havingtothinkaboutthewordasawhole(insteadofindividualletters)andhavingtotypethewordquicklyencouragedthestudentstotypefaster.However,slowerstudentsmightbecomefrustratedbythewholewordsubstitutions;someofthesestudentsusedtoavoidtheautomatictranslationbysettingtheiPadtoGradeIBrailleonly.

WhentheAutomaticBrailleTranslationisturnedOff,studentscantaketheirtimetoproduceGradeIIbraillewithoutindividuallettersautomaticallybecomingwholewordcontractions.Thebrailleisnottranslateduntilthespacebarorapunctuationcommandisgiven–individuallettersarenotautomaticallyconvertedtowholewordcontractions.

Reminder:thebrailleworddoesnotappearuntilthestudentpressesthespacebar.

TosettheAutomaticBrailleTranslation,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>AutomaticBrailleTranslation

Inthistraining,wewillturnAutomaticBrailleTranslationON.Moststudentsquicklyadapttobraillingwordsquicklyandshouldbestronglyencouragedtodoso.

TEACHERHINT:IFYOUAREWORKINGWITHABEGINNINGBRAILLESTUDENTWHOTRULYHASPROCESSINGISSUESORPHYSICALISSUESANDNEEDSTHEEXTRATOPHYSICALLYPRODUCEGRADEIIBRAILLE,YOUCANCHOOSETOTURNAUTOMATICBRAILLETRANSLATIONOFF.


1.18Eight-dotandSix-dotBraille

TheRBDhastheoptionof8-dotbrailleor6-dotbraillecells;USstudentsuse6-dotbrailleforliteraryEnglishBrailleCodeandforUEBBrailleCode.StudentsintheUSwillwanttoturnEight-dotBrailleOff.

However,whentheRBDispairedwiththeiPad,wedousedots7and8.Thesedotsareusedtoindicatedthe“I-beam”orthepositionofthetextcursorbyflashingdot8ofthefirstbraillecellanddot7ofthesecondbraillecell.Thisenablesyoutomovethecursortothedesiredpositioninordertoedit.Example:Toinsertan“a”inthemisspelledword“iPd”,youwouldmovetheI-beamsothatdot8isflashingunderthe“P”anddot7isflashingunderthe“d”.Whenyoutypetheletter“a”,itwillbeinsertedcorrectlyandthewordwillnowbe“iPad”.

ToselectEight-dotBraille,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>Eight-dotBraille.

Duringthistraining,wewilluseSix-dotBraille;TurnEight-dotBrailleOff.

1.19StatusCell

VoiceOverhastheoptionofusingthreestatuscellstoprovideadditionalinformationaboutwhatisontheiPad’sscreen.Eachstatuscellprovidesadesignatedtyeofinformation.Example:ifyouselectthepreferencetoshowthegeneraldisplaystatus,dots1and2willindicateunreadandreadannouncements.YoucansetthestatuscelltobelocatedontheleftorrightsideoftheRBDscreenoryoucanturnitoff.Formostyoungerstudents,theStatusCellshouldbeOff.

TosettheStatusCell,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>StatusCell.

Duringthistraining,wewillturntheStatusCellOFF.


1.20EquationsuseNemethCode

iOS7nowsupportsNemethCode!Remember,inorderfortheNemethCodetoreadproperlyandtoappearproperlyontheRBD,themathmustbecorrectlycreatedusingMathML.

TosetEquationsuseNemethCode,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>EquationsuseNemethCode.

Duringthistraining,wewillturnEquationsUseNemethCodeON.

1.21ShowOnscreenKeyboard

Typically,ifyouareusingaRBD,youwillnotwanttheOnscreenkeyboardtobedisplayedontheiPad’sscreen.

TosetShowOnscreenKeyboard,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>OnscreenKeyboard.

Duringthistraining,wewillturntheShowOnscreenKeyboardOFF.


1.22BrailleTranslation

TherearecurrentlythreeEnglishbraillecodesettingsontheiPad:English(United),English(US),andEnglish(UnitedKingdom).IntheUS,wecurrentlyuseEnglish(US).

TosettheBrailleTranslation,gotoSettings>General>Accessibility>VoiceOver>Braille>BrailleTranslationthenselectthedesiredEnglishcode.

DuringthistrainingwewillselectEnglish(US).

1.23HomeScreenLayout

Thereareseveralnavigationcommandsthatwewilllearntouse.Fortrainingpurposes,pleaseplacethefollowingappsonthefirstpageofyourHomescreeninthisorderstartingatthetopleftcorner:

CalendarNotesRemindersiBooksMaps

PlacethefollowingappsonthefirstpageofyourHomescreeninthisorderintheDock(bottom)startingintheleftcorner:

PagesNumbers(orappofyourchoice)SettingsDropboxSafari

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