I think it's important to have all the text shown in it's bold or italicised and so on as only then one would know how the written word is on paper or digitally. A good braille transcriber will do this for all users who use Braille.
That is the only good thing with Jaws, you get flawless braille. May be it will happen on the Mac if we all wrote to Apple and said that we wanted better braille support. Kawal. > On 22 Oct 2016, at 16:11, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote: > > The main thing I miss on Mac that is in NVDA's braille support on Windows is > formatting information being shown. This includes italicized or bolded text > in HTML documents. I haven't been able to try Chrome's braille support, so I > don't know if it supports the showing of formatting information, but neither > Mac nor iOS show this at all, mainly putting the differently formatted text > in a different element than the rest, which can get annoying in things like > Bible apps, where sometimes even lone words are italicized. NVDA just shows > the text as italicized in braille and moves on, as any good braille > transcriber would. > > On 10/22/2016 9:41 AM, Kevin Chao wrote: >> I'm glad to know I'm not alone in feeling that Braille on Mac, even Sierra >> is non-delightful/productive. It's too bad,, as it's quite good on iOS. It's >> great that Chrome OS (ChromeBook) Braille support has improved greatly and >> has leaped other platforms with ChromeVox Next. >> >> On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 1:26 PM Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have given up using braille on the Mac as it's hopeless. I don't think >> Apple will do anything to improve it. At least Apple have got it right on >> the I phone as I love it. >> >> Kawal. >> > On 19 Oct 2016, at 19:09, Anders Holmberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hi! >> > To be honest i seldom use braille on my mac as its decades from how good >> > it works on windows and Linux. >> > I have mailed the accessibility team about how poor braille is imho but >> > with no luck. >> > So i gave it up a couple of years ago. >> > Maybe i should begin from scratch again. >> > /A >> >> On 14 Oct 2016, at 23:55, Christopher-Mark Gilland >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> That's exactly what I did. I set up a commander to mute Speech. I really >> >> wonder why they didn't natively give us a command to do this aside from >> >> the trackpad commander. What if you're like me, and don't have a >> >> track/touch pad? I really don't think Apple thought that one through the >> >> greatest. LOL! >> >> --- >> >> Christopher Gilland >> >> JAWS Certified, 2016. >> >> Training Instructor. >> >> >> >> [email protected] >> >> Phone: (704) 256-8010. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aleeha Dudley" >> >> <[email protected]> >> >> To: <[email protected]> >> >> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2016 5:20 PM >> >> Subject: Re: Braille Navigation annoyances >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> For the speech when moving between items, could you mute VoiceOver while >> >> reading to solve this issue by ensuring that keyboard commander is on >> >> with VO shift K and pressing right option d? >> >> Second, I can duplicate the issue of routing keys not working, both on a >> >> BrailleNote Apex BT 32 and a Brailliant BI 32. I don’t know what’s going >> >> on, but it’s really annoying. Anyone who can help with this would be >> >> awesome. >> >> HTH, >> >> Aleeha >> >>> On Oct 14, 2016, at 12:06 PM, Chris Gilland <[email protected]> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Guys, >> >>> >> >>> I am currently using a braille display with my Mac Mini Late 2012 on El >> >>> Capitan. >> >>> >> >>> I have a few questions, please. >> >>> >> >>> First off, I am using contracted braille, and have disabled dot 7 8 >> >>> braille. I’m noticing that when typing in a text field, be it in Text >> >>> Edit, Pages, Mail, wherever, it doesn’t matter at all, even though >> >>> contracted braille is enabled, I’m finding that the current word under >> >>> the cursor is getting expanded to computer braille. I’ve looked in the >> >>> Voiceover utility under the Braille category and automatic translation >> >>> is unchecked. That’s the only thing I can thing that would control this >> >>> behavior. Regardless, that isn’t working. Is there a way to turn that >> >>> off, so it contracts regardless? >> >>> >> >>> Second of all is a much more aggravating problem by far and away! >> >>> >> >>> When I am reading a document in Safari, or say somewhere with an html >> >>> element, like a web area in ITunes, or whatever, point is, it’s a web >> >>> html content area, Each paragraph if a seperet item as far as Voiceover >> >>> is concerned. I’m using DOM order, and I don’t have any desire to change >> >>> that. This is absolutely fine, but the problem lies in panning with the >> >>> display. Regardless if I’m using my big Alva Satelite 584 Pro, which is >> >>> my primary display, or I’m using my Pacmate BX Omni 20 cell while on the >> >>> go, I find that as soon as I pan the display to the right and it leaves >> >>> one item and moves to the next, Voiceover starts audibly, with Alex, >> >>> reading that next item. I know it’s simply doing that because of the >> >>> fact I transitioned from the previous item to another item. The issue >> >>> is, it really is very distracting when I’m in the heat of reading a >> >>> really good article. Then, I have to take my hands off the display, hit >> >>> the control key on the keyboard to shut up Alex, then go back to the >> >>> display, and continue. It really really breaks the flow of things. I >> >>> don’t mind Voiceover doing this normally, but there are times I’d rather >> >>> be able to pan, and even if I leave one item and move to another, I’d >> >>> rather it reflect that on the display, yes, but Voiceover not speak at >> >>> all, if all I’m doing is panning. It’s fine if one item takes more than >> >>> one pan to complete, so say on my 20 cell display, an item is over 20 >> >>> characters. If I pan past the 20th cell to the 21st cell of the item, >> >>> that is fine. It’s when I reach the end of the item, then try moving to >> >>> the next item there after that this problem is occuring. >> >>> >> >>> The final question I have is regarding my routing keys on my display. I >> >>> don’t understand why, but even in Sierra, this is an issue. For some b >> >>> izarre reason, my routing keys are not working at all on my Alva >> >>> Satelite Pro 584. It’s the most weirdest thing! My PM20 display works >> >>> fine. Another friend of mine who also owns an Alva Satelite tried to >> >>> reproduce the problem, and he can as well. So clearly, something’s >> >>> either broken or not set by default. I didn’t think the routing keys >> >>> had to be set. >> >>> >> >>> So, say I’m editting a document, and I find a typo. I should be able to >> >>> press the router butting directly above the error to move my insertion >> >>> point to that character and fix the mistake. I can’t. When I try, it >> >>> just dings at me. This is both again on Sierra, as well as on El >> >>> Capitan. It works, as I said with my PM display, just not with the Alva. >> >>> I’ve tried both the top, and the bottom row of routing keys to no >> >>> avale. I don’t think these need to be mapped, as with the PM display >> >>> plugged in, I went to the VO Utility/Braille, then on the braille >> >>> display tab, under Assign commands, I don’t see those keys individually >> >>> mapped. On the PM display, they just work. So I don’t think this is a >> >>> mapping issue. >> >>> >> >>> When I go into the setup within the actual firmware itself of the Alva >> >>> display, the routing keys are not disabled. So, yeah… I’m totally >> >>> stumped. >> >>> >> >>> I should add that on the Windows side of things on my Win XP machine >> >>> with JAWS 15, the routing keys work perfectly, so it’s definitely not a >> >>> hardware malfuntion. >> >>> >> >>> Any help with these things would be appreciated. I suppose I could call >> >>> Accessibility, but the last time I did and asked them about anything >> >>> braille related, they didn’t have the slightest clue, and normally >> >>> haven’t other times as well that I called about braille. I guess they >> >>> just are not trained on anything braille related, which is a bloody >> >>> crying shame! >> >>> >> >>> Anyway, can anyone help with these things? >> >>> >> >>> Chris. >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> >>> Visionaries list. >> >>> >> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >> >>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >> >>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >>> >> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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