[macvoiceover] Re: Seeking Feedback From Braille Display Users
- From: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:51:25 -0500
Hi Jer,
I own a brailliant 24 and find it to be a nice little beast. A bit noisy
but zippy and love the bluetooth. Unfortunately, you won't be able to use
the bluetooth on the Mac Os as of this writing. I've plugged it in though
and each display behaves differently on the Mac depending on its driver. I
like it for reading information that is not automatically spoken or for
reading information of a status nature such as download percentages. I also
like it for editing and for proofing my work when I'm writing stuff for
print. I like a larger display for reading books and longer material.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremiah Rogers" <jzr4lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 3:53 PM
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Seeking Feedback From Braille Display Users
Hi David. I'm trying out a Brailliant 24 from Humanware, but
unfortunately have
no access to a Mac at this time. I'm a lifelong braille reader, but have
never had much of a chance
to attempt integration of refreshable braille into my screen access
arsenal. I look forward to the
input of all about how they use braille to enhance their screen access
and to trying it myself while I'm
demoing this unit or after I attain one for myself assuming I choose to
do so. Thanks for
engaging with me.
Jeremiah
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:31:32 -0500, David Poehlman wrote:
>What display are you using? There aren't many differences from windows
>on
>the Mac with regard to braille that are not accounted for in VoiceOver.
>
>We will be interested in your impressions. I especially like the way
>the
>keyboard focus is represented in braille. It helps to understand the
>cursor
>concept by representing the cursor as two dots rather than the bottom of
>a
>cell. So, with the differences between the Mac and windows and the
>differences between VoiceOver and windows environments due in part at
>least
>to the differences between the Mac and windows,
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeremiah Rogers" <jzr4lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 10:52 AM
>Subject: [macvoiceover] Seeking Feedback From Braille Display Users
>braille on the Mac is quite interesting.
>
>I read a lot, use output mostly, control the display output, use grade
>two
>almost exclusively and would like to see more capabilities to customize
>the
>output.
>
>Hello all. I've attained the use of a braille display for a couple weeks
>as an evaluation toward a likely purchase of one. I want to be sure to
>get the full experience of using a braille display before having to give
>this one back, so hope that the braille display users among you can
>provide me some guidance as to features that you do or don't use of your
>braille display and screen reader combo. I've thrown some questions out
>to guide your thoughts, but I'm surely not limited to these questions in
>terms of the feedback I'd find helpful. Thanks in advance for your help,
>and I look forward to reading your responses.
>How do you use your braille display? For what tasks would you not want
>to live without your braille display? For what tasks is it less than
>desirable and why?
>Do you primarily use it for proofreading, screen access, replacement for
>speech, access to text only, or some combination of these?
>Do you use its ability to input text? Why or why not? Is that your
>primary, or even your sole, means of interaction with your PC?
>How much customization of the display's key commands do you do?
>Do you use your screen reader's ability to output in grade II? How
>often?
>Do you browse the web using braille, and if so, do you read text with
>braille and navigate with speech, use braille for both, or some other
>combination?
>If you use braille to browse the web for text or navigation, do you
>encounter situations where content on the web is difficult to access
>using braille alone? If so, what problems do you encounter?
>
>Once more, thanks tremendously for your thoughts and feedback, and feel
>free to write me privately with any of this information if you like.
>
>Very gratefully,
>
>Jeremiah Z. Rogers
>
>
>
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