Re: Secure and Compatible Braille Display Initiative
- From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:08:38 -0900
It'll be up to the device makers, but both they and FS have incentive
to make the thing work. NVDA hasn't been around that long and it's
already improving a lot and that's not their only competition. I have
a hard time believing FS would be short sighted enough to cut off
other vendors of braille displays.
You might, however, have a slow time upgrading to new OS versions.
I'm actually fairly surprised by the number of people on the list with
very new computers, would have expected a lot more lecagy equipment.
On 1/25/10, Zdenek Vopat <zdenekvopat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> well, I guess my main question was do yo uthink that I can be sure that if I
> buy I braille display which is not freedom scientific product that it will
> work well with new versions of jaws 3 years down the road? For instance as
> far as I know the brailliant braillle display does not have certified 64 bit
> windows version, so if they have this problem now, what about 3 yeears down
> the road? Similar thing can happened to other braile displays, so one day we
> can wake up and find out that braille displays like alva and otheers aree
> just peace of junk becaausse they are not working properly any more.
> Zdenek
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Soronel Haetir" <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Secure and Compatible Braille Display Initiative
>
>
>> It's possible, though it doesn't seem likely. Their video intercept
>> has been remarkably stable (as witnessed by the fact that it works
>> across versions).
>>
>> I do believe this is an honest effort on the part of FS. Poor driver
>> quality has been one of the major factors in the instability of
>> windows over the years, forcing improvements in driver quality is a
>> Good Thing.
>>
>> On 1/25/10, Zdenek Vopat <zdenekvopat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hello listers:
>>> this is what I found at:
>>> http://www.freedomscientific.com/news/pressroom/2009/secure-compatible-braille-displays.asp
>>> "(St. Petersburg, Florida - August 11, 2009) - Freedom Scientific, one
>>> of
>>> the leading providers of assistive technology for people who are blind,
>>> announced its Secure and Compatible Braille Display Initiative today.
>>>
>>> The goal of this new program is to follow Microsoft's move to signed
>>> drivers
>>> to improve security and compatibility for customers who use a Braille
>>> display with JAWS. Under this program, Freedom Scientific will test
>>> Braille
>>> displays to ensure compatibility with JAWS and then digitally sign the
>>> driver. Starting with the JAWS 11 release later this year, only drivers
>>> that
>>> have been digitally signed by Freedom Scientific will work with
>>> JAWS."...
>>> "For those currently using JAWS with 32-bit Microsoft Windows® and a
>>> Braille
>>> display whose driver was included in a previous English version of JAWS,
>>> there will be no change. Freedom Scientific will include signed versions
>>> of
>>> all those 32-bit drivers in JAWS 11. If you have questions about your
>>> Braille display, please call Freedom Scientific technical support.
>>>
>>> However, all Braille display manufacturers will need to develop new
>>> 64-bit
>>> drivers to support 64-bit Microsoft Windows - most new computers now
>>> come
>>> with 64-bit Microsoft Windows preinstalled. To support this effort,
>>> Freedom
>>> Scientific created the Secure and Compatible Braille Display Program.
>>> The
>>> program provides a driver development kit for third party Braille
>>> display
>>> manufacturers and a test suite that Freedom Scientific will use to
>>> ensure
>>> compatibility with JAWS before digitally signing the driver.
>>>
>>> "
>>>
>>> My queestion is:
>>> Is there a danger that the braille display provider will need to
>>> develope
>>> this new drivers every time that new version of jaws will be released
>>> and
>>> ask the freedom scientific to certify them which may significantly delay
>>> the
>>> release of the driver for the market? So in reality braille displays
>>> other
>>> than freedom scientific focus may be release with a great delay after
>>> new
>>> release of jaws or not released at all, simply because the manufactores
>>> won't be able to catch up with the development?
>>> I am asking this question because I am considering which braille display
>>> to
>>> buy, and I don't like the idea that I would have to wait let us say 6
>>> months
>>> after each new release of jaws to upgrade.
>>> Your answers are greatly appreciated?
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Zdenek
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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