when you need to use a serial based device to your mac mini my friend you get a USB to serial convertor. I agree with greg about keyspan working very well on that front. you fit the serial connection to the embosser and then the USB port to the port on the mac
sadly we dont have ADB or serial on macs. unlike my old friends those early G3 machines and PPC macs. wow they bring back the days for me.
you wont have a problem connecting your braille embosser to the mac with this cable. so it will work well for you
lewy On 2 Apr 2008, at 21:07, William Windels wrote:
ok, so you mean, on a mac(mini) you have a serial port with 9/25 dots)?and then , I should connect my printer to the serial port of my mac(mini) with a null-modem cabel? best regards, William On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 01:43:15PM -0600, Greg Kearney wrote:Any kind of braille embosser that has a serial port should work. You will need a USB to Serial converter such as a keyspan. I use a older Juliet Brailler. I have also tested an old Romeo 40 embosser and anindex embosser. The key is in having a serial port on the embosser. in therory you could also use bluetooth to do this as well and Parallel toBluetooth adapters do exist. Greg Kearney 535 S. Jackson St. Casper, Wyoming 82601 307-224-4022 gkearney@xxxxxxxxx On Apr 2, 2008, at 1:34 PM, William Windels wrote:ok, but which kind of braille printer should I use with Louis is usb is not supported with Louis and there is no parralell port on the mac. best regards, William Windels On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 01:09:55PM -0600, Greg Kearney wrote:Louis at this time does not support USB. Greg Kearney 535 S. Jackson St. Casper, Wyoming 82601 307-224-4022 gkearney@xxxxxxxxx On Apr 2, 2008, at 1:07 PM, William Windels wrote: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 changeradapters 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 toserial 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. 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