Using Brailliant BI X Series with JAWS
The Brailliant BI X Series allows you to control JAWS, giving you the ability to read,
write and navigate around in a braille environment.
Brailliant BI X Series offers flexible connectivity options allowing for 5 Bluetooth
simultaneous connections and a USB connection. This document will guide you
through setting up the Brailliant BI X series with JAWS 18 + followed by useful braille
shortcuts while using JAWS.
The Brailliant BI X Series braille displays can be used with the JAWS Screen Reader
on a Windows PC. Note that JAWS version 18 or later is required to use the
Brailliant BI X series.
The Brailliant BI X has two available connection types:
• USB
• Bluetooth
Please note if you are using Jaws 18-20 you will require to install the Brailliant BI X
drivers. For more information on this please refer to the “Setting up Brailliant using
JAWS 18-20”.
If you are using JAWS 21 or later please refer to “Setting up Brailliant using JAWS
21 and above”
1. Setting up Brailliant using JAWS 18-20
The following instruction is for setting up the Brailliant with JAWS 18-20
screenreader where you are required to install drivers. If you are using Jaws 2021 or
later, please proceed to “Setting up Brailliant on JAWS 2021”.
Download the JAWS drivers for Brailliant BI X series from the HumanWare support
page or from the following link: HumanWare Braille Terminal Tools
Once downloaded, extract the folder and run the application called
“Braille_terminal_drivers”