RE: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display

2023-12-08 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Donna, $6400? My goodness. That’s incredible! (big Smile). Thank you for the link, I’ll check it out. For that kind of money, it had better be able to cook my breakfast, lunch, and dinner; and throw in a midnight snack, as well.. Mark From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries

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2023-12-08 Thread Herbie Allen
It’s worth trying, but if you know what you ar looking for, VO find might also be your friend. > On Dec 8, 2023, at 15:36, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > I was on a website full of various kinds of radio dramas. they’re laid out in > long lists. there are no headers or anything. is there a way to

Re: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display

2023-12-08 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Mark, Well, I’ll get the bad news out of the way first. It costs $6400. Now, why am I considering it? First, it has a dock that connects it to the iPhone, so that the device and the iPhone essentially become one unit. Obviously you can use it as a keyboard, as you can many other

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2023-12-08 Thread Lorie McCloud
I was on a website full of various kinds of radio dramas. they’re laid out in long lists. there are no headers or anything. is there a way to go down faster than link by link? can the page down key be used in this case? thanks. Lorie -- The following information is important for all members

RE: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display

2023-12-08 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Donna, I have never heard of the Braille Activator device. How much does it costs? And why are you considering it over other Braille displays? Last week, I purchased a Focus 40 Blue, 5th Generation, Braille display from Freedom Scientific for approximately $4,000. It is an absolutely

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2023-12-08 Thread Phil Halton
Yes Gabe you’re right, on the Mac voice control interprets what it hears from voice as your dictation which gets some pretty screwy results as you say. In order to use it you really have to use headphones to keep voiceover in your ear and not in voice controls microphone ear. All that said I’ve

Re: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display

2023-12-08 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Angie,If it’s the same podcast I found, that podcast is now over a year old. So a lot may have changed since then. You’re right, in order for the purchase to make sense, I would want to know something definitively from the manufacturer.but I kind of can’t believe they wouldn’t plan for the

Re: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display

2023-12-08 Thread 'Angie Nutt' via MacVisionaries
>From my memory of the podcast: it wasn’t clear of the outcome. Apparently >there’s a lot that can be done through a lightning port. Hoping someone has a >better idea by now. The manufacturer is the one who ultimately needs to answer >the question. I’d be interested on what other people thought

Re: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display

2023-12-08 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
That’s a really good question, Angie. I just wrote and asked the US dealer. I’ll let you know what he says. Best, Donna > On Dec 8, 2023, at 9:23 AM, 'Angie Nutt' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I may be a bit over cautious but the Activator connects to the iPhone by > lightning and newer

Re: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display

2023-12-08 Thread 'Angie Nutt' via MacVisionaries
I may be a bit over cautious but the Activator connects to the iPhone by lightning and newer iPhones will be USB c, so my question would be, if I were to buy one: will we be able to connect it using USB C? It may be possible to get an adaptor, but for that much money I’d really want to be sure.

Re: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display

2023-12-08 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Jason, Thanks for this. It’s good to know that the panning mechanism works reliably. And I didn’t know about Jonathan’s podcast. I will see if I can find it. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 8, 2023, at 8:47 AM, 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > > > On 7/12/23 18:34, 'Donna

Re: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display

2023-12-08 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 7/12/23 18:34, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Just wondered if anyone has had a chance to use the Activator braille display from Helptech--formerly HandyTech? No, but I've used one of their older displays briefly in a technology demonstration. The finger detection mechanism

Re: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display

2023-12-08 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Yeah, exactly! I mean, it’s true that on the Mantis you can set it in braille keyboard mode, and type Perkins style. But for me that isn’t the same. I’ve also always wanted a braille display where I could just mount the iPhone on it, and use it as one device. It’s just a LOT of money.

Re: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display

2023-12-08 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! My intention is to have a look at it some day this month. It seems very cool with both a braille and querty keyboard. And I love the concave cells on their displays. Bless. /A > 8 dec. 2023 kl. 00:34 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi all, > > Just wondered if anyone has