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. 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