[macvoiceover] Re: using the alva bc640 on the mac?
- From: Justin Mann <w9fyi@xxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:14:54 -0500
Very nice. So what keys on the alva are used as the vo keys? I"ll try that
and see how i get on. Thanks
On Apr 21, 2013, at 5:10 PM, David Chittenden <dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The Alva BC640 definitely works on the Mac. I have one. It took me quite a
> while to figure out how to connect it. This was a couple years ago.
>
> First, you need to connect it via USB initially. When you activate the
> keyboard screen to find the new keyboard, you need to press the computer
> braille equivalents of the keys which are asked for on the custom keyboard
> screen. Shift is dot 7 by itself. The letter to the right of the left shift
> key is z. The non-shifted character to the left of the right shift key is /
> which is dots 3 6 on the braille keyboard when in computer braille. Make sure
> that g-chord grade II translator is off when you do the connection. Once
> performed successfully one time, the keyboard is permanently active. If you
> disconnect and forget your Alva, the keyboard connects automatically when you
> connect another Alva.
>
> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
> Email: dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx
> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 22/04/2013, at 6:54, Justin Mann <w9fyi@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> Just got an alva bc640 with the feature pack, and I'm supposedly able to use
>> the thing on the mac. What is the proper way to make this work? When i
>> connect the display I get something in lion that is telling me that the
>> keyboard is not identified, and I'm quite certain that the mac does not have
>> a provision for a "braille keyboard" even though it has a provision for
>> braille displays. I need help.
>> Justin
>>
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