[Athen] Seeking recommendations for a Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad (Voiceover User)

[Dimac, Marcie]

Hi Tracy,

Just my two cents but apple bluetooth keyboards are great and work well
with accent marks too.  If you hold down a key on the keyboard for a few
seconds, options will pop up with accent marks.  I only know this because
my husband is Croatian and my last name now has an accent mark!

You can also install "new keyboards" to use on your iPhone that are in
other languages.  I have a Croatian keyboard installed on mine.

Hope that helps!

Marcie Dimač, M.A. Ed.

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Student Accessibility Services
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On 1/28/15, 9:59 AM, "Russell Solowoniuk" <SolowoniukR at macewan.ca> wrote:


>Hi Tracey,

>

>I use the Apple Bluetooth keyboard with my iPhone and it works quite

>well. I'm not sure about foreign language accent marks.

>

>Thanks,

>

>Russell

>

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>>>> "Forman, Tracey" <traceyf at disability.tamu.edu> 1/27/2015 3:52 PM >>>

>Since I know there are quite a few screen reader users on this list I

>thought I would pose this to the ATHEN group.

>

>One of our students who is a Voice Over user has ask for recommendations

>for a Bluetooth keyboard to use with her iPad Air 2.  She has heard that

>some Bluetooth keyboards have had problems with Voice Over.

>

>The student is also looking for tips or suggestions for more easily

>typing foreign language accent marks (French, etc.) with the blue tooth

>keyboard or if there are keyboards that have special tools to handle

>accents marks efficiently.

>

>--

>Tracey Forman

>Disability Services

>Texas A&M University

>979.845.1637

>traceyf at disability.tamu.edu<mailto:traceyf at disability.tamu.edu>

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