Dean, I was able to set my m20 up as a braille display using a usb to serial no problem under window-eyes, and I'm assuming under jaws it would work the same way. As long as the data parameters are set up properly the usb port should function just like any other serial port. I was for sure able to use windisk this way to move files two and from my braille lite m20.
Jaws doesn't support any hardware anymore. Support comes from the manufactures of the hardware. So I'm not surprised they played the no support game, but that should not necessarily mean it doesn't work. Regarding the apple, my guess is no, this won't work. Oddly enough apple officially supports all the devices on it's supported hardware list. I'm not sure though if mac OS 10 even supports serial ports in the 10.5 and 10.6 incarnations. Plus, there's no way in voiceover to force detection of legacy hardware as far as I know. I left my usb to serial addapter at a clients house so I can't try it myself, but I primarily wanted to chime in on jaws with usb to serial, since it seems to me that this should work even though it's not "supported". Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com Toll-free: 888-255-5194 On 2010-05-31, at 10:17 AM, Dean Martineau wrote: > I suspect this may not have been tested, but should it work to use a > Braille Lite Millennium with a USB to serial converter as a braille > display using VoiceOver? this is an old Freedom Scientific device > which I own and like for other reasons but which, oddly enough, one > can't use as a display with JAWS since they don't support use of USB > to serial converters. > > Thanks. > > Dean > ,To find out about the week's news in adaptive technology, subscribe > to Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday by sending a blank message to tttt- > [email protected]. (make sure you have 4 t's in the address!) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
