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In addition to on-screen Braille input, iOS devices support a number of Bluetooth Braille displays for Braille output. A full list of supported displays is available on the Apple website. Some Braille displays not only convert VoiceOver output to Braille but also support control of the device through a number of buttons built into the display. For example, on some displays you can tap a button on the display to scroll up or down a page or screen. Speech In addition to VoiceOver, iOS 8 includes support for the following speech technologies: Speak Selection, Speak Screen, and Speak Auto-text. The options for these speech features can be accessed under a new Speech pane found under Vision in Accessibility. There you can tap Voices and choose from the many languages supported in iOS 8, and for some languages you can even choose different dialects (U.S. English, Australian English, etc.). Many of the dialects allow you to download enhanced quality voices for even better results, but note that these voices take up some space on your device. Some devices running the latest A7 and A8 processors (iPad Air, iPad mini with Retina and iPhone 5s and later) also support the same Alex voice that has been available on the Mac, providing even higher quality text-to-speech support. Speak Selection speaks selected text in email, web pages and any document where there is text that can be selected. Use of this feature requires two steps. • Turn it on: in Accessibility > Speech tap the On/Off switch for Speak Selection. Use the slider to adjust the speaking rate. 97