Hi. I'm sorry that I forgot to read what I wrote before I posted my mail. I wrote: >> I don't think it's possible to use Braille displays or Braille devices with >> Voiceover simply because VOiceover only supports bluetooth and Braille >> displays through a USB connection. But I ment: >> I don't think it's possible to use Braille displays or Braille devices with >> Voiceoverwhich only supports serial connections, simply because VOiceover >> only supports Braille displays via bluetooth and USB connections. I hope that makes it clear what I ment, and again, sorry... Lol. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: [email protected] Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
On May 31, 2010, at 9:01 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi Søren, > > I thought I'd weigh in on this topic. As someone who has had trouble with her > HumanWare Braille display, I can safely say that it is possible to use a > braille display with VoiceOver. I have had some troubles hooking up my > BrailleNote because the version of Keysoft I have is very old. But that's not > HumanWare's fault. I don't know which displays work with VoiceOver unless I > look at the list of supported displays. My BrailleNote works via a Bluetooth > connection. Has anyone had any experience with this? > > Allison > > On May 31, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Søren Jensen wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> Here are my thoughts: >> I don't think it's possible to use Braille displays or Braille devices with >> Voiceover simply because VOiceover only supports bluetooth and Braille >> displays through a USB connection. Jaws does only support Braille through >> serial connections which is being converted to USB using the serial to USB >> adapter or using a driver in either Jaws or in Windows. Therefore, a USB >> Braille display won't work with Jaws if there aren't a USB to serial >> converter driver installed which communicate with Jaws. Likewise, a serial >> Braille display won't work on a Mac until a serial to USB driver has been >> made specially to Voiceover and the Braile settings. It's not enough with a >> USB to serial converter without any driver. >> Please correct me if I'm wrong. It's only my thoughts. >> Best regards >> Søren Jensen >> Mail & MSN: >> [email protected] >> Website: >> http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ >> >> On May 31, 2010, at 4:48 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: >> >>> 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]. 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