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Other UEB Options:
In addition to the BrailleNote Apex, the Brailliant refreshable braille
displays by HumanWare can be connected via Bluetooth or USB to
computers or mobile devices to provide the user instant braille access. As
many of these devices depend on the respective screen reader to provide the
braille output and translation, enabling UEB is often as simple as changing
the braille table settings in the screen reader software. For example, to
change the braille table in JAWS, simply select the Advanced Option under
Braille Settings and select Unified English braille in the General Tab. For
VoiceOver on iOS devices, select the Braille Option in the VoiceOver settings
and choose English Unified in the Translation Option. In both cases braille
input and output will now use UEB.
As an annual sponsor of the Braille Challenge in the United States,
HumanWare proudly supports braille literacy. The National Braille Press
(NBP) published a website entitled "The need For Braille"
(https://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/braille/needforbraille.html). Here they state that
over the past 50 years braille literacy has been on an extreme decline. With
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