Hi Tim, There is a package called brailleblaster at www.brailleblaster.org. It works on mac, and does a nice job, but the installation is not simple. As the package is free and open source, and as they really are interested in making the package more functional, perhapse before you spend serious time and money on windows alternatives you could get some tech support from the brailleblaster comummunity and get the thing up and running. Then if you like it, you could donate to the project. I’m sure you could get some one to help you rmotely over the phone or by remote assistance on that basis and it would save you a lot of money as well as helping the project.
By the by, Braille displays have had much more and better support put into them than braille embossers and for some excellent reasons. Braille displays are both smaller and cheeper. They require no paper and significantly reduce waste. They are quieter. They allow you to do everything on the fly. It’s getting very hard to justify embossers for anything other than production environments. Best, Erik Burggraaf On Nov 19, 2014, at 4:23 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Thanks for all your answers so far. I’m assuming from your responses that > Duxbury is software and Eileen and David offered two embossers, the Juliette > and the Tiger. Doing some Internet searching resulted in this site > > http://www.cucat.org/projects/louis/ > > about the Louis Braille package which appears to have a Mac version, although > I’m not sure of it’s quality. > > By the sounds of things, I’ll need to either purchase a Windows machine, not > what I really want to do, or put BootCamp onto a Mac and go from there. As > long as the embosser will connect. Scott, at this point, they haven’t given > me much info on what specifically they wish to do, so, I’m not sure that I > can properly answer your questions. > > Are there other options when using Braille other than a physical embosser? > Sorry, if this is a dumb question as I’ve not dealt much with Braille > peripherals. I was a stubborn child, didn’t learn Grade 1 Braille until I > was a teenager, but really have only used it for playing card games and > demonstrations to various groups. > > All help is appreciated. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Nov 19, 2014, at 14:04, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My current favourite braille embosser is the Tiger from View Plus. >> Unfortunately, it only works with Windows. Tiger has the best tactile >> graphics I have used. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: [email protected] >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 20 Nov 2014, at 05:51, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have been asked to recommend a Braille Embosser and necessary translation >>> software for a student in one of our schools. Do any of the Braille users >>> on this list have any recommendations for me? >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > -- > 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.
