According to a presentation given last year that I recently listened to online, work is underway to enable the Monarch to support screen readers - including VoiceOver. Of course, we won’t know whether this effort is successful until it’s announced, and the development work may take a while yet, assuming good cooperation between HumanWare and Apple. It’s also clear that, at this stage, the Monarch is expected to be purchased or subsidized by grants or other funding sources. Its developers are fully aware that many users couldn’t afford the full cost on their own.
From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Date: Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:49 To: 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: On the Charms of Various Braille Displays Well, if you're looking for a full list of options ... Humanware Monarch I don't recall all your requirements, but I expect the Monarch will revolutionize refreshable braille. Yes, it's pricy; but so was the first OCR reader back in the 1980s. Now OCR is a give-away commodity on every device we have. It's hard to argue with multiline display, and it's hard to argue with the opportunity for braille graphics, imo. Janina 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries writes: > Ah yes, thanks for reminding me about the Braille Emotion from Hims. > > So now the contenders are: Orbit Reader 40, Humanware Brailliant BI40X, Hims > Braille Emotion. Any others to revisit? > > Which of these displays locates the space bar or bars *above* the Braille > line, and not below it? That trend, of putting the Braille line between the > space bar and main keyboard, is something I could frankly do without. > > -- > 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. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > 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 view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/BE44363E-CBCD-426E-9A2D-0D0604256946%40me.com. -- Janina Sajka (she/her/hers) Accessibility Consultant https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa Linux Foundation Fellow https://www.linuxfoundation.org/board-of-directors-2/ -- 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. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/aCHEDSXNdHjUalrQ%40rednote.net. -- 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. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/PH7PR20MB5307612CDA80F3A5A30941BACF97A%40PH7PR20MB5307.namprd20.prod.outlook.com.
