[goodfeel] Re: PowerBraille on Windows 7
- From: "David Goldstein - Resource Center" <info2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 10:16:15 -0400
I think there are several questions, and they are all on the condition that
you can indeed find a true parallel port. Kevin, you are right in assuming
that most, if not all, USB to parallel port adapters are not true Centronics
ports, but are designed to get a parallel printer working. The ones I have
will not work with a PowerBraille. The way they drive a printer is through
the Windows printer settings. You cannot just send things to LPT1. You
have to set it as a Windows printer, with the port called something like USB
printer port. I couldn't find anything when I got one of the Dancing Dots
workstations for home.
There may still be parallel cards on the market, but you would have to make
sure Windows 7 would support them, and then, as Bill says, check with
Freedom Scientific about whether the later versions of JAWS will support a
parallel connection of the PowerBraille in Windows 7. The PowerBraille is
still listed as a choice for braille displays, and I'm running one
successfully with JAWS 13 on an older computer at work running Windows XP.
You will have to be really specific in asking FS whether they actually know
whether The PowerBraille will work under Windows 7 and how they got it
working to test it.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill McCann" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Dancing Dots Technical Support" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 4:03 PM
Subject: [goodfeel] Re: PowerBraille on Windows 7
Hi, Kevin,
I asked Bryan Smart, our resident techie:
> > Adding a parallel port should not compromise anything on the ADK DAW,
> > should it?>
And Bryan responded:
Don't think so. Parallel and serial ports are added by attaching USB
dongle-type devices. Almost no systems include them natively at this point.
I do not think that emulating a parallel port will be your challenge. I do
think it would be a very good idea to call the tech support people at
Freedom Scientific and make certain that JAWS will drive a Power Braille
running under Windows7.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Kevin Utter
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 12:17 PM
To: GoodFeel Mailing List
Subject: [goodfeel] PowerBraille on Windows 7
Hi all! Is anyone still using one of the PowerBraille displays, and found a
way to make it work in Windows 7, now that Jaws only supports it in Parallel
mode? I assume a USB to Parallel DB25 adapter won't work since they
probably create a device that isn't a true parallel device and wouldn't be
recognized by JAWS? I'm using a recently purchased DAW from DancingDots,
and I don't know if I could add a parallel card to it without compromising
its operation. If anyone could offer any info or advice on this (short of
buying a new braille display which I can't afford at present), I would
greatly appreciate it. Thanks much.
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