Actually, you really do have to activate what's called Mobile ATC on your iOS device. I had to do some digging, but it's discussed in a very well written review on Applevis:
https://www.applevis.com/reviews/braille-devices/handy-tech-actilino-review Quoting the author: The Actilino has Active Tactile Control (ATC) built in so you can read without pressing any keys at all. This is true even on iOS through the Actilino’s Mobile ATC mode. In my use, ATC does work though it can be a bit finicky and I have some difficulty advancing it on shorter lines. When I set the sensitivity setting to its highest I had the best results, due in part to being a light touch Braille reader myself. I imagine for those who have experience with ATC on other Handy Tech displays will have quicker success than me. Nevertheless, it is a great idea and I hope to get more accustomed to it. Mobile ATC is a different setting than the default ATC, and this enables the actilino to advance the display via panning without the screen reader having specific support for it. This being another item I did not find in a manual, it is worth noting to enable/disable Mobile ATC press dots 1-7-8-space. No status message is displayed, so you will have to determine if it is on or off by trial and error. I was able to use Mobile ATC on the home screen, in Messages and Mail and Safari. I’ve not been given any reason to believe it won’t work anywhere else Braille scrolling via advance keys usually works. Even without using ATC the scroll keys at the end of the line are no hardship to press. The joystick works like it does on other displays when using iOS, next/previous item, next/previous item by rotor setting, and activate. I found it easy to flick to the next item using my thumb without stopping reading the Braille display. End quote. I'm in the process of breaking in my new iPhone and have not used the Mobile ATC feature for quite a while, so I can't comment on how well or not it works. I do remember, though, that you do kind of have to be a little patient and tweak the sensitivity until it's right for your reading style. Finally, I'm not sure if the Mobile ATC setting is independent of the ATC toggle for the Actilino, SPC+1+7. I hope this helps. Pete De Vasto -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of alia robinson Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2019 7:56 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New braille Display for my Ipad Mini. you don’t activate it on the apple side, you activate it on the display with a key combination once you connect it with the phone. all I meant is apple still doesn’t have autoscroll, but yes, once activated on the display it works with kindle on the iphone. On Apr 11, 2019, at 10:47 AM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: OK, so now I am kind of confused. Let’s say you’re reading a Kindle book, or a book in voice dream reader. 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