[macvoiceover] Re: braille printing and braille tables
- From: William Windels <william.windels@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 21:07:38 +0200
ok, no problem.
so, I should buy a new one with usb-connection?
and what about driver , suported type of printer, braille translation,
paper size...
Can I do this with Louis?
best regares,
William
On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 02:49:36PM -0400, David Poehlman wrote:
> sorry, I forgot about that. I know of no way to go parallel to usb.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Windels" <william.windels@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 2:35 PM
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: braille printing and braille tables
>
>
> Hello,
> I hope we understand each other well.
> I mean, my braille printer is a parallel printer , at the moment connected
> on my parallel port of me linux pc /dev/lpt0.
>
>
>
> Anyway, I have a usb-to-serial convertor myself.
> but, I think, this shouldn't work because:
> 1 side of the cable has a usb-connection to put in my pc, this is ok.
> The other part of the cable has 25 dots.
>
> So, my printercable has also 25 dots to put in the pc, so this doesn't
> work I think.
> Is this not what you mean with a serial convertor?
>
> But, when the printer is properly connected, I should need a driver, a
> way to format my papersize, a way to chose the brailletranslator.....
>
> Or perhaps, the settings of the embosser will be used?
>
> best regards
> William Windels
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 11:41:13AM -0600, Greg Kearney wrote:
> > A keysapn USB to serial adapter like this:
> > http://www.keyspan.com/products/usa19hs/
> >
> > It is needed to connect a Mac to a serial device. Your index Everest
> > should work fine as it has a serial interface. You will need a null-
> > modem cable or adapter and perhaps various kinds of gender changer
> > adapters depending on the connections on the embosser and the cables.
> >
> > Greg Kearney
> > 535 S. Jackson St.
> > Casper, Wyoming 82601
> > 307-224-4022
> > gkearney@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> > On Apr 2, 2008, at 11:35 AM, William Windels wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> thanx for your answer,
> >>
> >> I don't understand exactly what you mean with keyspan.
> >> I am speaking about the hardware, I mean, which type of braile printer
> >> should I buy tu use onder mac with Louis?
> >>
> >> my old one is a index everest.
> >>
> >> best regards,
> >> William Windels
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 09:55:54AM -0600, Greg Kearney wrote:
> >>> I have quite a bit of background embossing braille on a Mac. I am the
> >>> coauthor of Louis the free open-source braille translator for Mac.
> >>> http://w3.wmcnet.org/braille/louis/
> >>>
> >>> You will want an embosser with a serial port as well as a USB to
> >>> serial
> >>> adapter, I suggest the Keyspan adapter. It may also be possible to
> >>> use a
> >>> Parallel to Bluetooth adapter but I have not personally tried it. At
> >>> this
> >>> point Louis does not support USB embossers.
> >>>
> >>> Louis will translate text, Word, xml, html and a wide range of
> >>> documents. It supports many different braille codes in many
> >>> languages.
> >>> You can write you own translation tables for Louis if you wish.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Greg Kearney
> >>> 535 S. Jackson St.
> >>> Casper, Wyoming 82601
> >>> 307-224-4022
> >>> gkearney@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>> On Apr 2, 2008, at 9:46 AM, William Windels wrote:
> >>>> Hello again,
> >>>>
> >>>> Is here someone who hava experiences with printing in braile on a
> >>>> mac?
> >>>> I don't know if it's possible but perhaps, it should be possible
> >>>> with
> >>>> some types of braille printers.
> >>>> I can have a new one so, if I take the right one, this will be nice.
> >>>>
> >>>> and also about braille tables:
> >>>> I asked here before but is het somebody who knows about other
> >>>> brailletables then the Us-table?
> >>>> Normally I use the dutch one.
> >>>> Is this kind of brailletable also available or can I adapt the us-
> >>>> table?
> >>>>
> >>>> thanx in advance
> >>>> best regards,
> >>>> Willima Windels
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