Hi I certainly would be interested in further development for Braille production.
Many thanks for the potentially good news. Christo On 22 Apr 2012, at 13:21, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello everybody > > I just thought I'd mention this for the benefit of any Braille producers who, > like us, might be interested to finally see an accessible and hassle-free > Braille translator for Mac which also includes the very latest Braille > mathematical and language tables, (including Unified English Braille). > Duxberry Systems is currently at a fairly advanced stage of the development > of an accessible, (VoiceOver compatible) version of its industry-standard > translator package for Apple Mac. > > It's still unclear which embossers will be supported from, for instance, > manufacturers such as Index Braille; which produced earlier embosser models > utilising serial and parallel communications only. It's doubtful that these > early embossers will be supported since their methods of interface are not > native to the operating system on modern machines. However, we and others > have communicated with the company and asked them to consider making support > for the earlier models available with the use of an adapter. Speaking purely > from a personal prospective, this support would be invaluable. Our embosser > is an older model and we're not particularly disposed towards paying > thousands of Pounds to buy a new embosser just at the moment. > > I am, of course, aware that there are other manufacturers who produce similar > equipment. However, the specifications of the Index models are more like what > we specifically would require. > > In the end, I'm sure we're going to have to upgrade; as part of Gordon's > forthcoming work will include the production of magazines and manuals in > Braille. This is where the Index Everest-D v4 comes into its own. It features > Ethernet, USB and, rumour has it, Wi-Fi connectivity; therefore enabling it > to not only be used by any computer on a LAN or WAN, but also making it > reasonably future-proof. > > Anyway, getting back to my point. If there is interest I'll let the list know > when we get more details on DBT-Mac. > > Lynne > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
