I use two displays with Window-Eyes - one of these is the Braille Edge 40. You would expect HIMS to recommend it, as it is their product. And for the most part: it is a good display which does work well with Window-eyes.
My second display is the earlier model of the focus blue. Whilst I consider this to be a good display, it performs far less well with window-eyes than does the edge. The edge is very reliable, and braille input is smooth. One of its strengths is the ability for the user to upgrade firmware as updates are released. Because of its basic features such as a notepad, scheduler etc, you can use the edge as a braille device away from the computer. It is not a fully fledged note-taker like the braille sense and I hope that HIMS continues to promote the primary function as a display as the edge's true purpose. An issue which does need attention is the renaming of the hot keys within Window-Eyes. The Edge's eight function keys are listed as advance 1, advance 2 etc. The key names are hard coded into Window-eyes, so the user cannot change them. The key functions are correct, and can be user defined. GW works with specific manufacturers to develop default key assignments. There are some more generic braille display limitations which require some attention by GW micro. I have advocated for some time that the hot key interface needs to be redesigned to follow similar conventions to the other hot key interface. That is - braille hot keys should be grouped in screen, mouse, browse etc. in a similar need to fix context - window-eyes lacks a continuous braille scroll function. There are people on this lists who (quite reasonably) have requested direct contracted braille entry as currently - regardless of display, window-eyes only supports computer braille entry. Returning directly to your question however: the edge is a good choice. You could decide on a compromise which would be the braille sense U2, but 40 cells for a dedicated display is better than 32. Vaughan. Hope this helps. Vaughan. From: RJ Sandefur [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2014 8:00 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Braille displays To those of you who use use braille displays with window eyes, What braille display do you use, and does it work well with window eyes? Hims recamends the braille edge 40. Is it worth the money? RJ ------------------------------- This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the author immediately and erase all copies of the email and attachments. The Ministry of Social Development accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message or attachments after transmission from the Ministry. ------------------------------- If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
