Support for wireless braille displays in iOS 5.

iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (3rd generation) support more than 30 Bluetooth wireless braille displays right out of the box. Just pair one and start using it to navigate your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch with VoiceOver — no additional software needed. In addition, iPad, iPhone and iPod touch include braille tables for more than 25 international languages.

For information on key commands click here.

Supported displays:

Alva

  • BC640
  • BC680

American Printing House for the Blind (APH)

  • Refreshabraille 18

Baum

  • Conny
  • PocketVario 24
  • Pronto! 18
  • Pronto! 32
  • Pronto! 40
  • SuperVario 32
  • SuperVario 40
  • SuperVario 64
  • SuperVario 80
  • VarioConnect 12
  • VarioConnect 24
  • VarioConnect 32
  • VarioConnect 40

Eurobraille

  • Esys 12
  • Esys 40

Freedom Scientific

  • Focus 40 Blue

GW Micro

  • Braille Sense
  • Braille Sense Plus 18
  • Braille Sense Plus 32

Handy Tech

  • Braillino
  • Easy Braille
  • Braille Wave
  • Braille Star 40

Harpo

  • BraillePen
  • BraillePen 12

HIMS

  • Braille Sense
  • Braille Sense Plus 18
  • Braille Sense Plus 32

Humanware

  • BrailleConnect 12
  • BrailleConnect 24
  • BrailleConnect 32
  • BrailleConnect 40
  • BrailleNote Apex 18
  • BrailleNote Apex 32
  • Brailliant 2
  • Brailliant 24
  • Brailliant 32 (1st Generation)
  • Brailliant 40 (1st Generation)
  • Brailliant 64
  • Brailliant 80 (1st Generation)

MDV

  • MB408L

Nippon Telesoft

  • Seika v4

Optelec

  • EasyLink
  • EasyLink 12

Papenmeier

  • Braillex Trio

Supported languages:

  • English
  • US
  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
  • South Africa
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hindi
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Korean (does not currently support Hanja characters)
  • Malaysian
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Slovak
  • Spanish
  • Spain
  • Mexico
  • Swedish
  • Thai
  • Turkish