OS X: Supported braille displays
Summary
Learn which braille displays you can use with OS X Mountain Lion.
OS X Mountain Lion includes USB and Bluetooth drivers for braille displays that can be used with VoiceOver. Here is a list of braille displays that you can use with OS X Mountain Lion.
Alva
- Alva BC640 - USB or Bluetooth
- Alva BC680 - USB or Bluetooth
- Alva 544 Satellite - USB
- Alva 544 Satellite Traveller - USB
- Alva 570 Satellite Pro - USB
- Alva 584 Satellite Pro - USB
American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
Baum
- Baum PocketVario 24 - USB or Bluetooth
- Baum Pronto! 18 - USB or Bluetooth
- Baum Pronto! 40 - USB or Bluetooth
- Baum SuperVario 32 - USB or Bluetooth
- Baum SuperVario 40 - USB or Bluetooth
- Baum SuperVario 80 - USB or Bluetooth
- Baum VarioConnect 12/Conny 12 - Bluetooth. Note: VoiceOver may identify this display as "HumanWare BrailleConnect 12".
- Baum VarioConnect 24 - USB or Bluetooth
- Baum VarioConnect 32 - USB or Bluetooth
- Baum VarioConnect 40 - USB or Bluetooth
- Baum VarioPro 64 - USB
- Baum VarioPro 80 - USB
Deininger
- Deininger Pegasus 42/4 CR - USB
- Deininger Pegasus 82/8 CR - USB
Eurobraille
- Eurobraille Esys 12 - USB or Bluetooth
- Eurobraille Esys 24 - USB or Bluetooth
- Eurobraille Esys 40 - USB or Bluetooth
- Eurobraille Esys Light 40 - USB or Bluetooth
- Eurobraille Esys 64 - USB or Bluetooth
- Eurobraille Esys 80 - USB or Bluetooth
Freedom Scientific
- Freedom Scientific Focus 14 Blue - USB or Bluetooth
- Freedom Scientific Focus 40 - USB
- Freedom Scientific Focus 40 Blue - USB or Bluetooth
- Freedom Scientific Focus 44 - USB
- Freedom Scientific Focus 70 - USB
- Freedom Scientific Focus 80 - USB
- Freedom Scientific Focus 80 Blue - USB or Bluetooth
- Freedom Scientific Focus 84 - USB
- Freedom Scientific PAC Mate 30 - USB
- Freedom Scientific PAC Mate 40 - USB
- Freedom Scientific PAC Mate BX420 (Display Only) - USB
- Freedom Scientific PAC Mate BX440 (Display Only) - USB
- Freedom Scientific PAC Mate QX420 (Display Only) - USB
- Freedom Scientific PAC Mate QX440 (Display Only) - USB
HandyTech
- HandyTech Active Braille 40 - USB or Bluetooth
- HandyTech Braille Star 40 - USB or Bluetooth
- HandyTech Braille Star 80 - USB
- HandyTech Braille Wave - USB or Bluetooth
- HandyTech Braillino - Bluetooth
- HandyTech Easy Braille - USB or Bluetooth
- HandyTech Modular Evolution 64 - USB
- HandyTech Modular Evolution 88 - USB
Harpo
- Harpo BraillePen - Bluetooth
- Harpo BraillePen 12 - Bluetooth
HIMS
- HIMS Braille Edge 40 - USB or Bluetooth
HIMS / GW Micro
- HIMS / GW Micro BrailleSense - USB or Bluetooth (with optional Bluetooth module)
- HIMS / GW Micro BrailleSense Plus - USB or Bluetooth
- HIMS / GW Micro SyncBraille 20 - USB
- HIMS / GW Micro SyncBraille 32 - USB
Humanware
- Humanware BrailleConnect 12 - Bluetooth
- Humanware BrailleConnect 24 - USB or Bluetooth
- Humanware BrailleConnect 32 - USB or Bluetooth
- Humanware BrailleConnect 40 - USB or Bluetooth
- Humanware BrailleNote Apex BT - USB or Bluetooth
- Humanware BrailleNote Apex QT - USB or Bluetooth. Note: VoiceOver only supports the navigation keys.
- Humanware BrailleNote mPower BT 18 - Bluetooth
- Humanware BrailleNote mPower BT 32 - Bluetooth
- Humanware BrailleNote PK - Bluetooth. Note: Identified as "Humanware BrailleNote mPower BT 18" by VoiceOver
- Humanware Brailliant 24 - USB or Bluetooth
- Humanware Brailliant 32 - USB or Bluetooth
- Humanware Brailliant 40 - USB or Bluetooth
- Humanware Brailliant 64 - USB or Bluetooth
- Humanware Brailliant 80 - USB or Bluetooth
- Humanware Brailliant BI 32 - USB or Bluetooth
- Humanware Brailliant BI 40 - USB or Bluetooth
MDV
- MDV Lilli - USB
- MDV MB408L - Bluetooth
Ninepoint Systems
- Ninepoint Systems Cebra - USB
- Ninepoint Systems Ninepoint - Bluetooth
- Ninepoint Systems Novem - USB or Bluetooth
Nippon Telesoft
- Nippon Telesoft Mini Seika 8 - USB or Bluetooth
- Nippon Telesoft Mini Seika 16 - USB or Bluetooth
- Nippon Telesoft Seika Version 3 - USB
- Nippon Telesoft Seika Version 4 - USB or Bluetooth
- Nippon Telesoft Seika v5 - USB or Bluetooth
- Nippon Telesoft Seika 80 - USB
Optelec
- Optelec EasyLink - Bluetooth
- Optelec EasyLink12 - Bluetooth
- Optelec Voyager 44 - USB
Papenmeier
- Papenmeier Braillex EL 40s - USB
- Papenmeier Braillex EL 80s - USB
- Papenmeier Braillex Trio - USB or Bluetooth
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