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Use a braille display with VoiceOver on iPhone

You can use a Bluetooth braille display to read VoiceOver output, and a braille display with input keys and other controls to control iPhone when VoiceOver is turned on. For a list of supported braille displays, go to the Apple Support article Braille displays supported by iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Connect a braille display

  1. Turn on the braille display.

  2. On iPhone, go to Settings  > Bluetooth, turn on Bluetooth, then choose the display.

  3. On iPhone, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille, then choose the display.

Adjust the braille settings

  1. On iPhone, go to Settings  > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Braille.

  2. Do any of the following:

    • Choose contracted, uncontracted eight-dot, or uncontracted six-dot braille input or output

    • Turn on the status cell and choose its location

    • Turn on Nemeth code for mathematical equations

    • Display the onscreen keyboard

    • Choose to have the page turned automatically when panning

    • Change the braille translation from Unified English

    • Change the alert display duration

Output closed captions in braille during media playback

  1. On iPhone, go to Settings  > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Verbosity.

  2. Choose Braille or Speech and Braille.

For information about common braille commands for VoiceOver navigation, and for information specific to certain displays, see the Apple Support article Common braille commands for VoiceOver on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

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