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 shorter than four digits, like 1234 which is the default passcode used by most Bluetooth-enabled devices. All Bluetooth devices use an authentication number when users attempt to establish a connection between them, thereby securing that connection. Follow the below steps to pair your display.
- Turn your braille device on and enable Bluetooth on the device.
- Switch on your BraillePen 12 (Touch)
- If they are not running yet, enable both TalkBack and BrailleBack on your mobile device. Both of these apps are located in Settings – Accessibility
- Pair your BraillePen 12 (Touch) with your mobile device
- Go to Settings – Bluetooth. Scroll down to see if your BraillePen is visible.
- If it is not listed use „Scan Devices” to let the device scan nearby Bluetooth devices.
- After few seconds, Scroll in the window to find your BraillePen 12 (Touch).
- It will prompt you to enter passcode / pin for the device.
- Enter 1 2 3 4
- Once your devices are paired, you should hear a beep in your BraillePen 12 (Touch) indicating you are connected to your mobile device and you can start controlling it with your BraillePen 12 (Touch)
Configuring Braille Display with BrailleBack
- Go to BrailleBack > Settings.
- You will find 3 sections there: Device, Braille, and Developer Options.
- Go to Braille > Braille Type and select between Literary and Computer Braille.
- Next move down to the Literary Braille Table and/or Computer Braille Table to set the correct language as well as contracted (grade 2) vs uncontracted (grade 1) Braille where available.
- Under the Developer Options you can set whether the Visual Braille is to be displayed at the bottom of the screen of your mobile device or not.
- To exit the Braille settings push Space + dots 1 2 (b) or Space + dots 1 2 5 (h) to go to the Home page
Available keystrokes
| Pan right | Right Pan Key |
| Pan left | Left pan Key |
| Navigate to the next item | Joystick right |
| Navigate to the previous item | Joystick left |
| Navigate to the next line | Joystick down |
| Navigate to the previous line | Joystick up |
| Scroll forward | Space + Joystick down |
| Scroll backward | Space + Joystick up |
| Long press the current item | Space + Joystick Enter |
| Navigate to the top of the page | Shift + Joystick up |
| Navigate to the bottom of the page | Shift + Joystick down |
| Activate the current item | Joystick Enter |
| Long press the current item | Space + Joystick Enter |
| Activate the back button | Space + dots 1 2 |
| Activate the home button | Space + dots 1 2 5 |
| Open the notifications window | Space + dots 1 3 4 5 |
| Open the recent apps window | Space + dots 1 2 3 5 |
| Activate the enter key when editing text | Space + Control |
| Delete backwards when editing text | Space + Shift |
| Navigate to next link/control/form field in web content | Space + dots 1 4 |
| Navigate to previous link/control/form field in web content | Space + Shift + dots 1 4 |
| Navigate to next list in web content | Space + dots 2 4 |
| Navigate to previous list in web content | Space + Shift + dots 2 4 |
| Toggle search on screen mode | Space + dots 3 4 |
| Help | Space + dots 1 2 3 |