Hi, I can't answer all your questions about Braille displays but I use one at work in combination with speech. I use it primarily to read to people on the phone, and input information that needs to be specifically entered in to certain boxes on the screen. It is critical when inputting information to place the data in the correct space for the computer program to except it as correct. I occasionally use the buttons on the handy-tech star Braille 80 as a mouse click because it is much quicker and more convenient. I don't use it as a separate notetaker because for me it is not quick enough to switch modes while dealing with the public. I look at the Braille display as a very helpful addition to speech but rarely use it independently. Hope this helps. Mike Wagoner kb4vks/AAV4CL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremiah Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 10:19 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Seeking Tips for Using JAWS with a Braille Display
> Hello all. I've attained the use of a braille display for a couple > weeks > as an evaluation toward a likely purchase of one. I want to be sure to > get the full experience of using a braille display before having to > give > this on back, so hope that the braille display users among you can > provide me some guidance as to features that you do or don't use of > your > braille display and screen reader combo. I've thrown some questions > out > to guide your thoughts, but I'm surely not limited to these questions > in > terms of the feedback I'd find helpful. Thanks in advance for your > help, > and I look forward to reading your responses. > How do you use your braille display? For what tasks would you not want > to live without your braille display? For what tasks is it less than > desirable and why? > Do you primarily use it for proofreading, screen access, replacement > for > speech, access to text only, or some combination of these? > Do you use its ability to input text? If so, is that your primary, or > even your sole, means of interaction with your PC? > How much customization of the display's key commands do you do? > Do you use your screen reader's ability to output in grade II? How > often? > Do you browse the web using braille, and if so, do you read text with > braille and navigate with speech, use braille for both, or some other > combination? > If you use braille to browse the web for text or navigation, do you > encounter situations where content on the web is difficult to access > using braille alone? If so, what problems do you encounter? > > Once more, thanks tremendously for your thoughts and feedback, and > feel > free to write me privately with any of this information if you like. > > Very gratefully, > > Jeremiah Z. Rogers > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > subject or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.4/1309 - Release Date: > 3/3/2008 6:50 PM > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
