Hi Richard. Your experience is normal with this type of display. It is my understanding that Freedom Scientific have never released the application interface code to enable direct braille entry from this display. There are individuals on this list that did start to define Window-Eyes hot keys which might have enabled direct braille entry. I have lost track of their progress, and I am therefore unsure as to how successful they were.
I like the Focus Blue displays, but because I cannot direct braille input within Window-Eyes, mine doesn't get the use I should have expected. My criticism is of Freedom Scientific for crippling their displays if they are not connected to JAWS, and one of the surprises for me will be if with Window-Eyes nine, someone has found out how to get these displays to work properly. Vaughan. -----Original Message----- From: Richard Fiorello [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 28 October 2014 2:50 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: window-eyes and focus 40 blue Hi; As the subject suggests I'm the owner of a preloved focus 40 blue braille display. I'm using window-eyes 8.4. When humanware heard I wasn't using jfw they said the function of the buttons on the display will be determined by your screen reader. The g w people sent the driver for the display which I hopefully installed. I still can't get the braille keyboard to work as well as some of the keys on the front of the display. On the plus side I can get the display to move left to right and down the page. I feel a bit caught between companies. Never realized that a display was specifically made for one screen reader. If anyone has any experience suggestions would be very much appreciated. -- richard 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. ------------------------------- 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.
