[macvoiceover] Re: braille printing and braille tables
- From: William Windels <william.windels@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 20:35:20 +0200
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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