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From: Jonathan Cohn
Date: Dec 6, 2016 8:39AM

Answers seem to be agree with my observations. One other thing to note, is
that there are some Braille devices that currently run Android or Linux. In
these cases, the web browsing experience is probably significantly better
than it would be for the older Braille Notetakers that have Windows CE v6
and a variant of IE running on them.
Best Wishes,

Jonathan Cohn

On 6 December 2016 at 09:08, Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> For me check boxes and radiobuttons show up as a pari of angled brackets <
> >
> When I check/select them an x appears between the opening and closing
> bracket, and the screen reader provides the speech feedback
> (checked/not checked).
> The type of control shows up as a 3 letter code to the left of the box
> (cbx for checkbox and rbt for radiobutton).
> I'll do somWHen I have time I should do a little write-up based on
> actual examples .. it's just that spare time is such a rare commodity.
>
>
>
>
> On 12/6/16, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >> When you read, you use the Braille Display to read only. So how do you
> >> provide input feedback to the machine such as filling out text boxes or
> >> selecting radio buttons?
> >
> > Many Braille displays also have keys for input including chorded input
> and
> > allow you to enter text via Braille input from the display to the
> browser or
> > whatever app is being used. Also the Braille keys can be used for
> > navigation purposes.
> >
> > Here is an article about the support on iOS
> >
> > http://www.applevis.com/guides/braille-ios-voiceover/
> guide-braille-screen-input-ios
> >
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