[accessibleimage] Re: embossing from the command prompt

Thanks, Vince.  That's very helpful!
Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Vince Thacker [mailto:vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 3:00 PM
To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [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:
> -----------------
> 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?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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