DBT for the Madc was discontinued many years ago but there is a new
version in the works that is coming along very nicely now. It will be
accessible with voiceover however that is a very tuff project and a big one.
Voiceover works great if you code from start to finish for the mac but
if you need to have a cross platform program that runs nearly
identically in windows as it does on the mac then you really have your
work cut out for you and Apple is not of much help.
It will happen though. Hopefully in the next six months or so.
Don
On 7/22/2012 1:09 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
DBT does have a mac version, but I think I saw it had been
discontinued back in 2009. OUr best bet seems to be these open
projects with an interface on top, like Louis, but more integrated
into the mac via scripts of some kind.
On 7/22/12, erik burggraaf <[email protected]> wrote:
Hmmm, K, louis isn't going to work for you. Braille blaster might
eventually. The crappy thing about braille blaster right now is that
there's no installation script. If you want to use it then you have to
manually install liblouis and the braille blaster libraries. The
documentation doesn't really make that clear, but I just emailed the
developer and that's the case. So apparently the next version of braille
blaster will have an installation script, which will make it a bit more
endearing to most of us.
Best,
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On 2012-07-22, at 12:19 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote:
Hi.
It has an USB port, it is not as old, as the old ones.
It also has an eithernet port, so the best thing would be, if it could
work as a networks printer, that should be possible. Indexbraille has made
a great manual how to set the printer up on a mac, I was very happy. It
could use pef, and there are an online service that can make the pef
files, if you can not get that braille interface to libre office to work.
I could not get that thing for libre office to work, that was
inaccissible, but the e2u program, that has been made for printing out pef
files, is a javaapplication, and I can do nothing when I open the app.
Brailleblaster is also a java app, I got the same problem with that app.
Well many things has been tried, as you can hear, but with no further
luck.
Best regards Annie.
Den Jul 22, 2012 kl. 5:03 PM skrev erik burggraaf:
Hi, is that an index product? Does it have a serial port, and have you
found a USB to serial adapter?
Best,
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On 2012-07-22, at 10:53 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote:
Hi Eric.
Great idea. We need to get that problem solved on the mac. I have an 4*4
pro, but it can not print, because I am only using mac now, and a little
vmware, but I can not get the printer to work in vmware either.
I need the option to print textfiles in danish and english grade two
braille.
I would be interested to do some work on it.
Best regards Annie.
Den Jul 22, 2012 kl. 3:54 PM skrev erik burggraaf:
I am going to get serious about this goshdarnit. I've just been
promised the loan of a versapoint embosser. If anyone wants to get
together on skype or something and put some effort into making louis
work then let's do it.
What I really want is to get apple script working. I want to be able
to type something in text edit or be sitting on a webpage or email, hit
a couple of buttons and get braille.
That's what this package is supposed to do, and that's what I want.
Best,
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On 2012-07-22, at 9:39 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote:
Hi.
Has anyone got brailleblaster to work?
There are tools that might work on the mac, but they are
inaccessible.
I have never godt louis to work.
Best regards Annie.
Den Jul 22, 2012 kl. 2:25 PM skrev erik burggraaf:
Duh, Sorry about that, Hadn't had my first cup of coffee yet when
that message went out.
Well, I missed the whole lion upgrade put off by some of the changes,
but that's neither here nor there.
I'm not sure what the development has been but I can't remember the
last time I saw a post from Greg Kearney on here. I'm pretty sure
louis was one of his projects.
The link to download the latest version of louis is:
http://www.cucat.org/projects/louis/
You can also check out brailleblaster at:
http://www.brailleblaster.org/getbb.html
Now isn't that better? Coffee... The elixir of life. :)
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On 2012-07-22, at 7:49 AM, Simon Cavendish wrote:
I think Erik means louis not Lois. Just a typo I believe. not sure
whether Louis is Lion compatible?
Best wishes
Simon
On 22 Jul 2012, at 01:27, Alex Hall wrote:
Hi all,
Some weeks back a few options for braille translation/brf
reading/embossing were discussed. Unfortunately, I didn't save the
messages, so can anyone provide a link to the software mentioned?
I
don't have an embosser, but I'd like to test mac alternatives to
DBT,
if they exist.
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