Braille displays supported by iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

You can use VoiceOver on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and a Bluetooth enabled braille display to read and navigate.

Below is a list of supported braille displays that you can use with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. To ensure that your braille display uses the correct table, make sure that you have the latest version of iOS. Then click the device link to go to the device-specific commands for VoiceOver.

Alva

• BC640

• BC680

• 640 Comfort

American Printing House for the Blind (APH)

• Refreshabraille 18

• Mantis Q40

• Chameleon 20

Baum

• VarioConnect 12 (Conny)

• PocketVario 24

• Pronto! (18, 40) version 4 or newer

• SuperVario (32, 40, 64, 80)

• SuperVario2 (24, 32, 40, 64, 80)

• VarioConnect 12

• VarioConnect (24, 32, 40)

• VarioUltra (20, 40)

Eurobraille

• Esys 12

• Esys 24

• Esys 40

• Esytime 42

Freedom Scientific

• Focus 40 Blue (Classic)

• Focus 40 Blue v5

• Focus Blue (14, 40, 80)

GW Micro

• Braille Sense

• Braille Sense Plus (18, 32)

Handy Tech

• Active Braille

• Active Star 40

• Basic Braille (16, 20, 32, 40, 48, 64, 80)

• Basic Braille Plus (32, 40)

• Braillino (Requires serial numbers greater than 09307)

• Easy Braille (Requires serial numbers greater than 09123)

• Braille Wave

• Braille Star 40

Harpo

• BraillePen (only supports Common braille commands for VoiceOver)

• BraillePen 12

• BraillePen 14

HIMS

• Braille Sense (Requires firmware v4.0 and higher)

• BrailleSense 6

• Braille Sense (Plus 18, Plus 32)

• Braille Sense U2 and U2 mini

• BrailleSense 6 mini

• BrailleSense U2 QWERTY

• Braille EDGE 40

• Smart Beetle 14

Humanware

• BrailleConnect 12

• BrailleConnect (24, 32, 40)

• BrailleNote Apex BT (18, 32)

• BrailleNote Apex QT (18, 32)

• BrailleNote Apex (18, 32)

• Brailliant (24, 32, 40, 64, 80)

• Brailliant BI (32, 40)

• Brailliant B 80

• Brailliant BI X (20, 40)

KGS

• Braille Memo (32, 40)

MDV

• MB408L

National Braille Press

• B2G

Ninepoint Systems

• Ninepoint

Nippon Telesoft/Perkins

• Mini Seika (8, 16, 24)

• Seika v4

Optelec

• EasyLink (only supports Common braille commands for VoiceOver)

• EasyLink 12

Papenmeier

• Braillex Trio

Learn more

Refer to Common braille commands for VoiceOver for the universal list of common commands.