the pacmate bx40 is such an animal and he has it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Cavendish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: Deafblind users ?
Dear James,
Pleased to meet you on the list. I'm totally blind and use a braille
display with Voiceover speech on a Macbook.
There is a list of currently supported Braille displays on Apple
accessibility website. I'm afraid that only some USB braille displays
are supported. Don't buy anything yet, until you know that you have a
braille display supported by Leopard. I've never tried to use just a
braille display without actually also listening to the speech
feedback. I will try to seee. I'm also based in the K. Unless you have
heard from others on the list already, I will try to find the list of
currently supported braille displays and let you have it. You could in
the meantime try
www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover
With best wishes
Simon CavendishOn 14 Jan 2008, at 07:52, James Gallagher wrote:
hello all on the macvoiceover list.
I am James from the United Kingdom.
I am just about to order myself a new iMac
Imac 20 inch
2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
500GB Serial ATA Drive.
I have been a PC user for a very long time
was using the old dos system until windows came along.
I am going to take my first steps to using Macs.
I am a Deafblind person.
with the new Leopard O.S. that will deafblind people use Braille
display's within Leopard. Do you think that I would be able to move
over to a Mac, or is Leopard not up to it yet.
I now my way about PC's help to fix family PC's when they are not
working right,
I have no sight and can't hear speech software so a Braille display
is my only way to use the Mac.
For me I am looking Forward to getting my head around the new mac
system and the way it works.
But as mac users here do you think a Deafblind person would be able to
use one. I would be the Braille display from a PacMate BX400.
have two PowerBraille displays a 40 and a 80 but they are the old
version with no USB.
I would be very grateful for your help here.
I have been looking into them for a good few months after Leopard was
made available. So I think I now what I am getting into but just a
little unsure to take that step.
I have always wished a could have a Mac but for me they where not
Accessible. until Now.
I have read that Quicksilver lets you start applications from the
keyboard
is this any good for us.
But are there any deafblind people on this list that are use a Mac.
I am Pleased that I have became a member of this list.
all the very best to you.
Yours
James
The highest result of education is tolerance.
Hellen Keller
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James Gallagher
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A Deafblindness Web Resource <http://www.deafblind.co.uk>
Learn more about Braille Chess at <http://www.BrailleChess.net>
My Guide Dogs <http://www.wilma.co.uk>
For the Sighted Hearing my WAP site is at <http://tagtag.com/
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