Hi Jeremy, A Bluetooth dongle is a USB adapter that allows you to have your PC act as a Bluetooth device. It is inexpensive (about $40 these days). Cheers, Joseph
-----Original Message----- From: jeremy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:33 AM To: Joseph Lee Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Blue tooth help needed please Hello! What is a blue tooth dongle? I went to best buy and radio shack and nobody knew what I was talking about. I bought some wireless headphones. Is this what you all are talking about. Later. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Joseph Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'Nikki B'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date sent: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:36:31 -0700 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Blue tooth help needed please >Hi Nikki, >Did you select the correct Com port that is associated with JAWS? (If you >want, I'll repost my original Bluetooth documentation) Cheers, Joseph >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nikki B >Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 6:42 PM >To: Braille note list >Subject: [Braillenote] Blue tooth help needed please >Hi again all, >OK, I now have a blue tooth dongle and things are almost working I think but >I am still not quite there. (grin) I am trying to figure out how to get the >BN to work as a braille display for my desktop PC. I can get the BN and PC >paired but even when I go to the Braille Terminal mode and restart Jaws, >nothing happens. >Well, OK, something does happen but it doesn't work as a braille display. It >pauses for a while and then says something like "Serial port is not >available " and then says "Operation completed successfully". I may not have >these quotes exactly right but that s the general gist of what the BN tells >me. When I restart Jaws, It still says no braille display is active even >though I chose the Braille Note and then restarted it. Any suggestions? I >feel like I am so close but am missing something somewhere. Thank you very >much for any help. >Sincerely, >Nikki B. >___ >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as >well. >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the >list as well. >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
