RE: Visual Brailler

2015-05-12 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Jennie, I don't know anything about Visual Brailler; however, there is a 6-key input free software program you can use to type Braille directly into your computer. This software does not use any translation so one cannot cheat, so to speak. It was developed and maintained by Duxbury

RE: Visual Brailler

2015-05-12 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Jennie, I don't know anything about Visual Brailler; however, there is a 6-key input free software program you can use to type Braille directly into your computer. This software does not use any translation so one cannot cheat, so to speak. It was developed and maintained by Duxbury

Re: Visual Brailler

2015-05-12 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Mark, thanks for jogging my memory about PerkiDuck. I didn’t know there was a Mac version for this software. The one thing I remembered trying to use PerkiDuck with my PC laptop was that not all keyboards would work with it. I have been able to do 6 key input on my Dell 4110 laptop through

Re: Visual Brailler

2015-05-11 Thread Chris Smart
yeah that would be easiest. Or, find someone with an embosser. Can you save directly to brf from any of these braille keyboard apps? That would be handy. At 08:44 PM 5/11/2015, you wrote: Hi Jen, What about a Perkins Braille Writer? Cheers, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On May 11, 2015, at

Re: Visual Brailler

2015-05-11 Thread Eileen
Hi Chris, I haven't seen any of the onboard braille apps save a BRF file. Another thought Jen, is to use a Braille notetaker and then send it to an embosser if you have access to one. However, I took contracted braille many years ago from Hadley and they either would only allow the use of a

Re: Visual Brailler

2015-05-11 Thread Terry-Ann Saurmann
The only person I know who used the visual brailer was fully sighted, but needed to take this course to fulfill a class requirement. It may be possible for a person to use it with Voice Over, but I don't know that for certain. Terry - Original Message - From: Jennie Facer

Re: Visual Brailler

2015-05-11 Thread Eileen
Hi Jen, What about a Perkins Braille Writer? Cheers, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On May 11, 2015, at 4:09 PM, Jennie Facer jennie.fa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list, I have a question. I'm taking a Hadley course, and I have to send in a Braille file. How do I use this visual Brailler?

Re: Visual Brailler

2015-05-11 Thread Chris Smart
yes, I doubt they'll let you use electronic gadgets because of the temptation to cheat, automatic translation etc. At 08:54 PM 5/11/2015, you wrote: Hi Chris, I haven't seen any of the onboard braille apps save a BRF file. Another thought Jen, is to use a Braille notetaker and then send it