Window-Eyes 7.5.2 or higher
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To set up the BraillePen 12 as a keyboard and display for Window-Eyes: First of all you need to pair your BraillePen with your computer using the default Bluetooth connection set up. Remember to assign the lowest possible COM port number. Note down the number because you will need it later when configuring Window-Eyes. Turn your BraillePen on and connect your newly added Bluetooth device. Once your BraillePen has been paired with and connected to your computer follow these steps … Read more

BraillePen 12 (Touch) with Jaws 15 and higher
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To set up the BraillePen12 (Touch) as a keyboard and display for Jaws: Pair your BraillePen 12 (Touch) with your PC Run the driver setup.exe program and follow the prompts You may need to restart Jaws For questions about Jaws go to www.freedomscientific.com. For questions about BraillePen 12 Touch please contact your distributor. The driver can be downladed here: BP12T driver for Jaws   BraillePen 12 (Touch) keystrokes for use with Jaws  

Dolphin Supernova and the Dolphin Pen
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BraillePen12 with Dolphin Supernova and the Dolphin Pen To set up the BraillePen12 as a keyboard and display for Supernova: In Supernova, Select control Panel, Popup Menu, Configuration, SAM Setup. Select EasyLink 12 from the list box Press the Configure button Select the Manual Configuration radio button Turn on your BraillePen12 using space + dots 1, 3. Press the Bluetooth Find button in the SAM dialog and wait for a minute. When your BraillePen has been detected, press the OK … Read more

BraillePen Write
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The BraillePens can act as fully-functioning Windows keyboards, with all the capabilities of a standard PC keyboard. BraillePen Write software, which enables this, is supplied with every BraillePen and BraillePen 12. You can also configure special keymaps, so that they can be used for 6-key entry into specialist programs such as Braille Translation software. We have included this part of the User Guide, so you can see how BraillePen Write works. To use either of the BraillePens as an external … Read more

Making the connection to desktop computer
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Making the Bluetooth Connection The BraillePens support Bluetooth connections with the main types of Bluetooth providers. These may be built in to a device, or they may be a USB-based add-on for a PC or netbook. On phones and similar devices, the BraillePens connect automatically with Apple devices running iPhoneOS4, manually with Nokia phones running SymbianOS and automatically with our own software BraillePen Mobile running on a Windows Mobile PDA or Smartphone. On a PC or netbook running Windows XP … Read more

MobileSpeak on Symbian phones
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First turn MobileSpeak off, and then set Bluetooth on your phone to On. Make sure your phone is in discoverable mode. Now turn your BraillePen Slim on, and wait to hear the triple-beep that tells you Bluetooth is active. Pair your phone with BraillePen Slim. Then connect MobileSpeak and the BraillePen Slim, by going to the MobileSpeak folder on your phone and opening Configure, and going to the Options, Braille, Configure Devices menu item. Choose Easylink Braille Keyboard from the … Read more

Talks on Symbian Phones
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This section applies only to BraillePen 12. BraillePen Slim does not yet connect to Talks on a Symbian OS phone. The BraillePen12 can display the screen contents of your Symbian phone running Talks, while you use the BraillePen12 keyboard to type notes, make calls and send SMS. Read on for all the information on how to set it up:   The BraillePen 12 Driver: Click this link to download the driver for Symbian OS version 9.xx Check with your Talks … Read more

VoiceOver on Apple iDevices
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This section applies to both BraillePen 12 and BraillePen Slim. iDevices can connect to BraillePen Slim since the release of iPhone OS 4.3.   To pair your BraillePen Slim or BraillePen 12 with your iDevice: You will only need to perform this exercise once; once paired, unless you reset your iDevice, it will know about your BraillePen indefinitely. On the iDevice, in Settings, General, page down to accessibility, then go to VoiceOver and then down to Braille. Switch on the … Read more

BrailleBack on Android phones
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Pairing your Braille device Pairing Braille device is simple and is similar  to any Bluetooth device pairing with the  phone. First step in using Braille with  BrailleBack is to pair the Braille display with  your Android powered Mobile device. Please check the documentation for your  Braille device to find out the passcode used  to connect with other devices. This may be  specific to the serial number of the Braille  device unit. Otherwise, you may use any  string of numbers, normally no … Read more

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