[brailleblaster] Re: Mac Stuff
- From: Alex Jurgensen <asquared21@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:55:05 -0700
Hi John and All,
To add the Braille Note as a display with bluetooth, you must use the Add
button in the Braille Category of VoiceOver Utility.
If you need any help doing this, feel free to E-mail me for further
instructions.
Regards,
Alex,
On 2011-07-25, at 1:14 AM, Michael Whapples wrote:
> I don't know about command line ways of connecting bluetooth, but may be you
> could get help doing the following:
> * Enter system preferences (either from the dock or the apple menu).
> * In the category for "Internet and wireless" there is a button for
> bluettoth, select this.
> * In the bluetooth settings there should be a checkbox to turn on bluetooth,
> check this checkbox.
> * Also in the bluetooth preferences there should be a button to add new
> devices. I think the wizard it brings up is fairly self explanatory. Just
> remember to have bluetooth enabled and discoverable on the BrailleNote.
>
> I think there should be a shortcut for bluetooth in the status area (cannot
> quite remember what the Mac term is for that area), but going through system
> preferences is just as acceptable.
>
> Michael Whapples
> On 25 Jul 2011, at 07:23, John J. Boyer wrote:
>
>> Alex,
>>
>> You were right. I contacted the local Humanware representative. He told
>> me that the Braille Note MPower could not be used with the macbook via
>> cable, even with an adapter, but that it could communicate with any
>> Apple product through Bluetooth. I will even be able to operate the
>> computer from the Braille Note keyboard. I don't see any indication that
>> Bluetooth is turned on in the Macbook, but I told my tech to install
>> everything on the disk and activate all services. Is there a way I can
>> check for Bluetooth through ssh/ I will need to know the address it is
>> using so I can set my Braille Note accordingly.
>>
>> libllouis installed without a hitch. So did pkg-config, once I found the
>> right version (0.22). The make step did generate a huge number of
>> warning messages, but it is working fine. liblouisutdml is to the point
>> where it needs jni.h and jni_md.h I don't know how to find things on the
>> Darwin distro yet. It doesn't have the updatedb and locate commands that
>> I use on other distros. All the usual java commands work. Can you tell
>> me where jni.h and jni_md.h are located?
>>
>> Once liblouisutdml is compiled I will be able to use the file2brl
>> program to make braille documents from the command line, and I will also
>> be able to implement the Open, Translate and Saveas items in
>> BrailleBlaster.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>> --
>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
>> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>> Madison, Wisconsin USA
>> Developing software for people with disabilities
>>
>>
>
>
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