Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Once again, thank you, Karen and others for the answers. I have so much to learn. Best wishes Andrew > On 23 Jun 2022, at 02:22, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > actually answering the second question as well. > Lynx is a browser, and there is a compiled edition that, according to

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Hi Andrew, actually answering the second question as well. Lynx is a browser, and there is a compiled edition that, according to their website works for mac os x. As stated, not only am I not using the mac for what I shared, working from the idea that a mac browser could load a file, much

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

I’ve written to Winston chen but he’s not responded yet. He says he’s no Braille display which begs a question how he can properly make Braille access possible if he doesn’t bother about Braille displays. Andrew > On 22 Jun 2022, at 18:08, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I think its time

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Hi! I think its time for the VoiceDream developer to take a moment to think about how braille could be implemented properly. Though I am not the right person to explain this as I am not the best in English, even though I do understand it and can read and write a lot. But its a pain to explain

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

HI! Do you happen to know if its a compiled version of Links or if you have to compile it? I can imagine that the browser is compiled and if so then the brltty could be used for that reading. THe complicated thing is to compile brltty in a proper way. /A > 21 juni 2022 kl. 23:25 skrev Karen

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Karen, May I ask what Lynx is and what its equivalent for mac is? Andrew > On 21 Jun 2022, at 22:25, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > Certainly. > Let me preface that I am *not* using the mac to accomplish this task, but > cannot imagine why the process would not be comparative, its

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Yes, I have finally found the area and i was able to read the text with the Braille display but as soon as I move away from that area, and then return to the text, I find myself at the beginning of the book again. Voice Dream Reader forr Mac doesn’t remember where you left off with the Braille

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Thank you very much for this. I shall give it a go. Andrew > On 21 Jun 2022, at 22:25, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > Certainly. > Let me preface that I am *not* using the mac to accomplish this task, but > cannot imagine why the process would not be comparative, its just a file. >

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Hi Andrew, Certainly. Let me preface that I am *not* using the mac to accomplish this task, but cannot imagine why the process would not be comparative, its just a file. Also, for my own record keeping I tend to change the name when I save the file to a .txt from the .XML source. For my

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Karen, I’m intrigued by the way you deal with DAISY in this way. I wasn’t aware that .xml file actually holds the text of the book so I didn’t dare play with them. Could you describe the steps you take loading such files into your browser? do I understand you correctly? Andrew > On 21 Jun

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Hi! It was a bit of an issue in the beta but there should be some area to interact with from what I remember. I don’t have it as he has a monthly subscription which I don’t want so I trashed it on my Mac. Sad but it is what it is. /A > 21 juni 2022 kl. 10:33 skrev 'Andrew Lamanche' via

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Bookshare provides a format called Daisy text. In the zip archive is a .XML file which is the actual text itself. i am not a braille user, but do wonder if you loaded the XML file into something like tables if it could be read that way? Personally I take mine, load them into a browser, save

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Further to my Voice Dream Reader for Desktop woes, I’ve played with the application some more and I have finally managed to find the actual text in the area voiceover reads as “web area” and then having interacted with it I found voiceover said “frame” and having interacted with it again, I

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

I’ve played with the application some more and I have finally managed to find the actual text in the area voiceover reads as “web area” and then having interacted with it I found voiceover said “frame” and having interacted with it again, I found the text. I was able to read a few pages using

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Ah ok that makes sense I haven’t had a daisy for a while does it show the actual text > On 21 Jun 2022, at 09:52, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > These are DAISY books from bookshare.org , hence I > can’t read them in books app or Preview or some

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

These are DAISY books from bookshare.org , hence I can’t read them in books app or Preview or some such. Andrew > On 21 Jun 2022, at 09:35, Julie Rattray wrote: > > Hi, > > Haven’t tried it on the Mac with dreamreader but would the books app not work > for what you

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

I thought so as well when I installed voice dream reader on my mac and took out the subscription but alas I don’t seem to be able to use my Braille display. I open a book, I hit the spacebar for voiceover to start reading thee text but I can’t find the text being read anywhere on the screen.

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Hi, Haven’t tried it on the Mac with dreamreader but would the books app not work for what you want or even reading the document in something like preview or even pages/word - I guess it depends on the format of the book you are reading > On 21 Jun 2022, at 09:33, 'Andrew Lamanche' via

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Yes, when I hit the spacebar, Voice Dream Reader for Desktop begins to read the book but I can’t locate the text which it is reading and thus I can’t mute voiceover and read by using my refreshable Braille display. I have asked the developer but he doesn’t seem to know as he says he doesn’t

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

If you can read them with VoiceOver on the Mac, then, yes, you should be able to use your braille display for the purpose. Be aware, however, that the panning behavior on VoiceOver for Mac with a braille display can be awkward, and it may be challenging to read a document sequentially. > On 20

Re: Voice Dream Reader for mac and Braille display

Does it read if you hit the play button? > On Jun 20, 2022, at 16:00, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hello, > > Is it possible to read books and documents imported to voice dream reader for > mac desktop using refreshable Braille display? > > I’ve been trying to find a