hi,
both my husband and i are blind. we use duxbury 11.3 on our windows ten,
lenovo laptop with jaws 17, plus duxbury's freeware graphics program,
quicktac and openbook.
we are having problems configuring our braille blazer to our laptop
since a big microsoft update last weekend wiped out our settings and
reverted many settings on our entire computer to factory default.
would someone please, please, please, give us step by step instructions
how to again, connect our braille blazer to our computer to emboss in
duxbury?
also, would we have to go through a separate configuration process for
quicktac and openbook?
if you need additional information to help, please e-mail me.
thanks in advance,
elizabeth
manutips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 9/28/2016 2:08 PM, Denise Ferrin wrote:
I have two embossers.
I use the Juliet for materials that are "text only." It has nice, rounded dots.
I use the ViewPlus (a.k.a. Tiger Max) for pages with graphics or mixed forms.
So far my students don't mind. I think it is good for them to feel different types of dots, because books from other sources may feel different than they do from our embossers.
Denise Ferrin
Calaveras County
(yes, we do jump frogs here)
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*From:* duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Lewicki, Maureen <MLewicki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Wednesday, September 28, 2016 10:45:09 AM
*To:* 'duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
*Subject:* [duxuser] Re: The feel of Braille dots
Just my opinion, but my students did do all right with the Tiger embossers. Maybe if you make it less ‘high’ the student would like it better, but my understanding is that for tactiles, the Tiger embossers produce a better image.
Maureen Murphy Lewicki
Teacher of the Visually Impaired
Bethlehem Central School District
Bethlehem High School
700 Delaware Ave
Delmar, NY 12054
http://www.bethlehemschools.org ;<http://www.bethlehemschools.org/>
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*From:*duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Scherer, David
*Sent:* Wednesday, September 28, 2016 1:34 PM
*To:* duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [duxuser] Re: The feel of Braille dots
Yes - replace your Tiger Max embosser! I have the same problem and have not been able to resolve it. There are ways to change the height of the dots, but the roughness remains. I am hoping to replace my Tiger Max soon. I prefer the Index BasicD v5 embosser.
To change the dot height go to the embosser print properties, Tiger setting, and click on the height you want. It is set on normal by default. However, as mentioned, this will not solve the roughness problem. I think this is an embosser issue. The Tiger Max is good for graphics, and the dots are smoother for graphics, but for regular braille, they are not smooth.
I hope this helps.
David Scherer
Washoe County School District
Reno, NV
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*From:*duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> on behalf of Christine Saenz <christine.saenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:christine.saenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
*Sent:* Wednesday, September 28, 2016 9:53:35 AM
*To:* duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [duxuser] The feel of Braille dots
Hi, I recently had a request to change the feel of the Braille dots on my printer because they're a little pokier rather than round. One of our students is having difficulty because of it. Does anyone know if we have the capability of doing that?
I'm using a ViewPlus Tiger Max embosser with Duxbury, Tactileview and Tiger Software Suite.
Thanks so much!
Christine
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