Re: FYI, Braille and the Mac

[David Poehlman]

Sad thing is that it should be trivial to make any embosser work.
--  
Jonnie Apple Seed
With his:
Hands-On Technolog(eye)s


On Feb 24, 2006, at 1:12 PM, John Panarese wrote:

Hi All,
     I thought some folks might find this information useful and
interesting.  It just goes to show you that the Mac is getting  
attention in
the Blindness industry.






Index Braille and Sighted Electronics Announce Universal Version of  
Braille
for Mac OS X

GAMMELSTAD Sweden & WESTWOOD, New Jersey - February XX, 2006- Index  
Braille
AB and Sighted Electronics Inc. today announced they have  
collaborated to
develop a Braille translation application for Mac OS X version 10.4  
"Tiger".
Using the Index Braille Embosser any user will now have complete Braille
embossing capabilities for all Mac OS X applications running on Power  
PC and
Intel-based Macs.

"We have developed the CUPS (Common UNIX Printer Driver) for the  
Index line
of Braille embossers enabling full Unicode support for Grade Two  
Braille on
Mac OS X," said Per Burman, VP of Engineering at Index Braille. "Index
Braille will release a first version of a new Braille Editor,  
iBraille, in
March."

"Tiger features a number of Universal Access innovations and our Xcode
developer tools make it easy for developers to deliver powerful  
applications
that take advantage of them,"  said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice  
president of
Worldwide Developer Relations. "We're thrilled to have Index Braille and
Sighted Electronics provide this Universal application to enable  
users to
emboss Braille and take full advantage of the performance gains of  
the new
Intel-based Macs."

iBraille makes it possible to format Braille documents and do full scale
Braille production for the first time on Mac OS X. Both the CUPS  
Driver and
iBraille are Universal applications, which will work with Power PC- and
Intel-based Macs. Using Apple's development environment made it easy to
create Universal applications.

Due to Apple's strong presence in the school systems future developments
will add Mathematics functions and the Nemeth Braille Mathematics code.

INDEX BRAILLE is the world's leading supplier of complete systems for
Braille production and has been committed to Braille since 1982. Index
Braille is producing, supporting and developing the Index Braille  
embosser
line and software products such as Braille editors and printer drivers.

SIGHTED ELECTRONICS INC. is celebrating our 24th year developing and
distributing adaptive aids for visually impaired and blind people.  
Sighted
Electronics started as a technical support and service center for highly
specialized hospital medical equipment. From there we became involved  
with
the development and technical support of products for blind people. The
staff at Sighted Electronics Inc. is committed to customer satisfaction
through providing customer support and the highest quality Braille  
products
available. We have grown over these twenty plus years from a technical
consultant and service center to a recognized leader in the industry. We
fulfill our commitment to supplying the most modern, efficient Braille
products by utilizing cutting edge technology. There have been numerous
articles in many publications such as the Braille Monitor and Diversity
Careers in Engineering, praising our products, technical expertise and
attention to service.

For further information please contact: Sighted Electronics, 69 Woodland
Ave., Westwood, NJ 07675



Phone (201) 666-2221 or (800) 666-4883 Fax (201) 666-0159 (An Equal
Opportunity Employer) Visit us on the Internet: www.sighted.com'
<http://www.sighted.com'/>



Download Mac driver at Download Software
<http://www.indexbraille.com/web/WebDocuments.aspx? 
PageID=219&ModuleID=386>

Best Regards
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Bjorn Lofstedt
Managing Director
Index Braille AB,GAMMELSTAD
Mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct phone: +46-920-203084
Mobile: +46-70-5242-200
Fax: +46-920-203085
Website: www.indexbraille.com <http://www.indexbraille.com/>




Take Care

John D. Panarese
Managing Director
Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc.
9 Nolan Court
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479
Email, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com

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