Hi! Thanks for clarifying. My english isn't that good so its hard to explain whats good and whats not good. I also mostly boot or start linux or windows to read long texts. /A On 03 Jul 2014, at 12:17, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Robert, > > Even compared to iOS, Mac braille support is very rudimentary. Off the top > of my head: > No support for direct input, only predefined function keys. > Poor computer braille table support outside North America. > Buggy, sometimes unusable grade 2 translation, where punctuation is adjacent > to words. > No auto pan or restricted view modes, precise style indicators, or > indentation. > Inconsistent panning in both directions with embedded objects or in HTML and > scrollable text (the shell, most notably). > Non-independent focus, creating an undue dependence on speech. > > In short, it just isn't all that good. :) > > Now, of course, if you're just reading odd blocks of text, then it will do > the trick. But really, I expect Mac braille support to be at least as good > as that of iOS, and I would hope that it shone with the same light as the > rest of the OS. Frankly, when I want the superlative braille experience, I > boot into either Linux or Windows, for textmode or grade 2 reading, > respectively. > > Cheers, > Sabahattin > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
