just thought I'd help with the mac side of things, they are very easy to get
braille display set up as the mac detects the display almost instantly, I
can help with that if needed. Also a slight correction, the Laptops for mac
cost 1000 dollars for the cheapest, but the mac Mini which is a small
desktop model costs about 500 dollars starting price.
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From: "Alex Hall" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 17:24
To: "David Meador" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Braille Note List Humanware" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Social Media Crossroad
Personally, I doubt the bn will work very well for this sort of thing
and I do not expect that to change in the near future. You have a few
options, though:
1. Get a pc, plus Jaws or Window Eyes. This is probably the most
expensive option.
2. Since you do not know jaws already, you could also get a Macintosh
laptop instead (starting at $1000 for the 11-inch model). All Macs
come with a very good screen reader already, and your Apex (or mPower)
could act as a braille display for this screen reader with no
problems. I believe you could even type in braille using the bn. Jaws
does not yet support the Apex and it is temperamental with other bn
models, however I have no first-hand experience with a Mac so cannot
comment directly. I have heard it is easy, though.
3. Get an iPad or iPod. The advantage here is the touch screen,
allowing you to feel the screen and have the Mac screen reader (yes,
even on an iPod) tell you what is where as you touch it. The Apex can
act as a wireless display/keyboard here as well, though older models,
such as the mPower, cannot.
4. Get a pc, but use the free screen reader NVDA
(http://www.nvda-project.org). The speech this program comes with is
somewhat annoying at first, but you do not have to pay anything for
the software and you get pretty good access to your machine. However,
I have not yet had any luck using my apex as a braille display. Well,
it works as a display, but not an input device.
5. Find some local computer geeks you trust and have them build you a
pc. You still need NVDA or another screen reader, but I have found
that ordering the parts online and then building the pc myself is
usually cheaper than buying a system from a store or a company like
Dell. This will not work with a laptop, though; if you plan to get a
laptop, you must get it from a company (Lenovo, Gateway, Dell,
Macintosh, and so on).
If you have any questions, let me know. Whichever way you go, I think
you will be happiest, in the long run, with a second system (desktop
or laptop) instead of always waiting on Humanware to implement
something and fighting with the bn's inherent slowness. After all, the
bn family are intended as pc assistants / suplements, not full-fledged
computers in their own right.
On 11/11/10, David Meador <[email protected]> wrote:
Feelings at this end are getting frayed and desperate. As an
eight-year user of braille keyboard Voice Note, currently mPower
8.0 (build 20,) I need to start marketing my home-based business
through Twitter, Face Book and Linkedin. Can Humanware help me
do this any time soon? Or do I need to clutter up my desk and my
head with JAWS and a PC?
Please respond, as a marketing consultant friend of mine is
driving over to see my wife and I tomorrow.
Concerned about which road to take.
David
Beyond Vision
1804 Cedar Lane
Nashville, TN 37212
615-385-0784
[email protected]
www.davidmeador.com
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