[macvoiceover] Re: Refreshabraille and the Mac
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:55:11 -0800
Oh cool! so I could take a braille desplay up there and read my speech notes
wiht out vo chattering in my ear? Yeah! I"ve always wanted to do this but
braille desplays are *not* cheap.
S
On Jan 24, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Travis Siegel wrote:
> I too have a braille light (18) and a braille navigator 80, neither one of
> which works on osx, because they're serial interface. <sigh> But, from what I
> understand from others who use the braille fairly regularly, the braille
> interface is completely separate from the speech one, and actually works
> pretty well. I personally would love to get a working braille display, as it
> would eliminate loads of lost time interpreting what vo is saying, which
> actually isn't on the screen, the braille would show me right away what is
> actually there, instead of what apple thinks I want to hear. Alass, a
> braille display that would work on osx is way beyond me at the moment, and is
> likely to remain so for quite some time.
> But, in any case, based on discussions I've seen on another list, the braille
> is quite useful, and is not slaved just to what the speech outputs, which is
> what I would have expected, but has it's own interface, and separate display
> buffer as it were. I'm told that navigating with the display works well too,
> so there's no need to use the vo keys if you're reading long pieces of text
> and the like, something that will save lots of time I think.
>
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