Sorry Jonnathan I'm feemale! > On 13 May 2014, at 12:12 am, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: > > Hi Gigi and all, I'd like to try and set some expectations regarding what > customers should expect from what companies when it comes to Braille displays. > Kawl wrote to me a few days ago, and once we got past some terminology, I > established what he wanted was the ability to install Focus Blue firmware > updates via the Mac. > Freedom Scientific presently doesn't produce any Mac software, but I agree > that it's not unreasonable to hope that if you've brought some hardware to > run on your Mac, you can upgrade it via that Mac. I can't give any > commitments at this point but I do want you and the list to know that the > request has been passed on and it is being taken seriously. Certainly > firmware upgrades are the responsibility of the Braille display manufacturer, > whoever that manufacturer is. > There is another issue, and that involves some displays apparently not > working on certain variations of Mac. In this case, if the device is working > properly in all other situations, this is most likely to be an issue for > Apple to resolve. Any screen reader developer, in this case VoiceOver, writes > their own drivers to interface with a Braille display. The only drivers > Freedom Scientific write are for JAWS, which they also produce. From time to > time, something may happen which breaks support for certain displays, and > naturally this is highly frustrating for those affected. > I'm using the Focus 40 Blue regularly on a Mac with no issues. This doesn't > help anyone who is having trouble, but it does suggest that the problem may > be isolated to certain kinds of Mac, or even certain kinds of Mac produced at > a certain time, so Apple Accessibility is your best bet for this. Like any > tricky software issue, the more data Apple can get, I'm sure the more likely > it will be that they can isolate and ultimately solve the problem. > I hope that's of some help. > Jonathan >> On 12/05/2014, at 1:18 am, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Hi there ' >> I hope it works, but I might point out that if you call Freedom Scientific >> about your braille display like I did and you mention the words Macintosh >> computer, you are immediately told to call Apple. They won't even talk about >> it, no matter what your question is. I must say they sort of panicked when I >> asked about that cd that comes with the Focus 14. I didn't think it had a >> Mac installer on it since Apple puts those drives on our Macs, but I was >> hoping. I was told immediately no way should I put that cd in my Mac. They >> didn't know there was no way I was going to do that unless it was marked for >> that or they told me to do it. >> >> Regards, >> Gigi >> >>> On May 10, 2014, at 9:38 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> I have written to Apple and to somebody who works in Freedom scientific to >>> see whether or not we can have firmware drivers as Mac installers. >>> Hopefully, we will get some results from that soon. >>> >>>> On 10 May 2014, at 08:59 am, Annie Skov Nielsen >>>> <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Kawal. >>>> >>>> It is good to write to apple. It maybe requires a cooperation between >>>> apple and freedom scientiffic to get it to work again. >>>> >>>> Best regards Annie. >>>>> Den 09/05/2014 kl. 22.41 skrev Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com>: >>>>> >>>>> I have written to Apple access ability or is it the other way round! To >>>>> discuss with Freedom scientific. Hopefully, I will have a response soon, >>>>> and will share it with you all. I have also written an email to Jonathan >>>>> Mosen to ask him to encourage freedom scientific to put Mac installers of >>>>> their products on their website. >>>>> >>>>>> On 9 May 2014, at 09:19 pm, Annie Skov Nielsen >>>>>> <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Kawal. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have 2 macs here, on the older mac it works on this mac from 2011 it >>>>>> will not load the driver as you said. I can not figure out what's going >>>>>> wrong. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards Annie. >>>>>>> Den 09/05/2014 kl. 21.05 skrev Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com>: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> it has nothing to do with the model, as the driver is stalled on the >>>>>>> bell display successfully. It is when you try and connect this >>>>>>> displayed via Bluetooth with the Mac. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 9 May 2014, at 06:57 pm, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This seems very strange. I've had a Focus 40 blue since 2010 and it >>>>>>>> has updated perfectly. Is this possibly a difference between older and >>>>>>>> newer models? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Teresa >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Visualize whirled peas. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On May 9, 2014, at 10:38 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hello. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> After updating the firmware on my Bluetooth Focus 40, it will not >>>>>>>>> pair to the Mac via Bluetooth as it says Failed to load Driver. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Suppose I'll have to send an e-mail to Accessibility. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Kawal. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>> send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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