Hi, I know that john is a linux user, and I know he's aware of the mac. Most of the testers and other developers are on windows though. As far as I know, I was the only mac tester at the time I was involved with the project.
Best, Scott Berry <[email protected]> wrote: Actually Eric I'd like to correct your statement just a bit the main developer is a full time Linux user who develops this on Linux and does have access to a Mac. I'll touch basis with them and if people are alright I'll send a few of these emails out to their mailing list and see what comes of this. On 2/21/13 18:46, erik burggraaf wrote: > In defence of braille blaster, it's only been a going concern for a > year and a half. They're trying to support three operating systems. > They had no funding at all lat time I was in touch with the project. > And, most of their user base and contributing developers are using > windows as a primary os. If there are mac people here with java > experience who can contribute to the project, we'd all appreciate it. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through > the ontario disability support program at > http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog > Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 > or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2013-02-21, at 8:04 PM, "Henry D. Hollithron" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Good Day: >> >> Indeed. This program appears to be quite prone to crashing. I realise >> that it is open-source and thus not meant to be perfect, but I don't >> think it's yet ready for stable use. The exception thrown by the >> program that you copied below occurs, I think, when it pops up a >> dialog stating that "the braille facility is not available," whatever >> that means, and when you indicate that you don't want to continue. >> Even when I did get past that, when I tried to launch the tutorial >> from the help menu, it did open safari, but it also crashed the java >> runtime environment. Perhaps I should send an email to the developers >> to see if they're still planning to work on this. For now, though, I >> wouldn't use it for production use. >> As for Louis, it is free, but I've had very little luck getting it to >> translate complicated documents--it keeps giving me blank braille >> files. It does, however, have the virtue of being significantly more >> stable and might, based on comments from other people who have used >> it successfully, be able to translate your document if it's simple >> enough. Perhaps someone more experienced with the program could give >> you better help in that direction. Here is the web page for it, in >> case you're interested: >> >> http://www.cucat.org/projects/louis >> >> HTH: >> Henry >> >> Education never ends. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest >> for the last. >> Sherlock Homes >> >> On 21 Feb 2013, at 19:06, Mark Baxter <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Okay, and here's what I get when I try and launch it from terminal: >>> ror >>> at org.brailleblaster.Main.main(Unknown Source) >>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.swt.SWTError >>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202) >>> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) >>> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190) >>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) >>> at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301) >>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247) >>> ... 1 more >>> mark-baxters-macbook-pro:~ MBH$ >>> >>> • Mark BurningHawk Baxter >>> • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >>> • MSN: [email protected] >>> • My home page: >>> • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >>> >>> -- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Have a nice day. Scott Berry Email: [email protected] -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ERIK burggraafEbony ConsultingI am currently on the road and staying in touch on my handheld. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
