John, I installed BrailleBlaster using my 64-bit setup file on Windows 8 and it seemed to work perfectly. I didn't try to emboss yet because I don't have my embosser set up in Windows 8. I was using Java 7 update 5, the latest. This is good news. Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A., Vic E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx