[accessibleimage] Re: embossing from the command prompt

Hi Steve,

I'd have thought your best bet was to send escape sequences by embedding them in a batch file, which could also contain the command to send the file to the embosser.

I don't know your particular device, so can't be very specific, but I've certainly sent print commands like thisto ordinary printers, although the process is a bit cumbersome.

To write the batch file, you'd need a text editor that can handle ascii character 27 without taking it as a command. When I used DOS a lot, I found QEdit to be pretty good, and I believe you can still get this from freeware sites.

To type in the escape character, you'd usually need to hold down Alt and type 27. A sighted person would then see a leftward arrow character on the screen. You follow this immediately with a left square bracket [ and the numbers and letters that make up the escape code.

Because this stuff is pretty awkward to do, it would obviously be much better to get hold of the embosser's dedicated software if there is any.

Vince.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Landau" <sl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 4:18 PM
Subject: [accessibleimage] embossing from the command prompt


Hi,

I am trying to learn about how to send commands to my Index Everest embosser
from the command prompt. I want to communicate directly over LPT1 or COM1.
I know that I can send a command to emboss a file using this syntax:

Copy filename lpt1

Now, I want to tell the embosser how many copies I want to make.  I see in
the Everest documentation that there are Escape sequences for changing
temporary settings.  Do these codes appear in the file that is being
embossed, or are they run as switches from the command prompt?  Any help
with this will be greatly appreciated.

Steve Landau

-----Original Message-----
From: osterhauss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:osterhauss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 1:19 PM
To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: Early Childhood Pre-Math/Pre-Writing

Here are some resources on the TSBVI website:

http://www.tsbvi.edu/recc/ec.htm

http://www.tsbvi.edu/math/early-childhood.htm

http://www.tsbvi.edu/math/back2school.htm (includes MathFlash software)

Susan A. Osterhaus, M.Ed.
Texas School for the Blind
 and Visually Impaired
1100 West 45th Street
Austin, TX 78756
Phone: 512-206-9305
FAX: 512-206-9320
E-mail: susanosterhaus@xxxxxxxxx
Website: http://www.tsbvi.edu/math


Original Message:
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From: Chris Hofstader chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:24:10 -0400
To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: Early Childhood Pre-Math/Pre-Writing


But, how do I simulate these experiences in software?

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From: accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lori
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 10:55 AM
To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: Early Childhood Pre-Math/Pre-Writing

Still kid at heart, but for the scribbling. We scribble. My crayons were
labeled in braille and we used homemade tactile coloring books. Which, now I

understand they are sold premade. I also used a screenboard to get tactile
feedback. Used alot of the wood blocks with raised letters and numbers as
well as the magnetic letters to learn the alphabet letters and shapes.
Learned handwriting write along with my sighted peers in the classroom and
with vi teacher by using a variety of tools and methods.

Lori

----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hofstader" <chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 7:43 AM
Subject: [accessibleimage] Early Childhood Pre-Math/Pre-Writing


Hi,

Other than having watched Sesame Street and Electric Company with my
younger
siblings (those shows started after I had moved on beyond their content,
I'm
more of a Captain Kangaroo, Bozo and Officer Joe Bolton kind of guy) I
have
no knowledge or understanding of early childhood education.  I am,
however,
willing to learn.

We (UF PHHP) are looking to do a project that results in software for
little
blind kids.  Has there been any work that anyone knows about that builds
an
audio and possibly tactile metaphor for teaching counting and the early
set
stuff that little kids do?  What does a blind kid do when his age group
starts scribbling?

I'm really at a loss on this problem so any suggestions or pointers would
be
greatly appreciated.

cdh





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