Kylie,, Welcome to the list. I too am a college student, first time freshman. I am a user of both a BrailleNote mPower BT 32 and BrailleNote PK where I have the Nemeth Tutorial, Oxford Concise Dictionary and Thesaurus, and the Sendero GPS Version 4.0.
I must say that the biggest thing I appreciated when making the switch from my mPower to my PK is the portability and the quietness of the keyboard. With your Braille display issue I would first make sure that you have the latest version of JAWS, which at the moment is 8.0. Joseph, can you please provide the instructions required for connecting the BrailleNote and computer that will allow for the BrailleNote to be a braille display? It is possible to enter anything into the BrailleNote, whether that is grade 3 braille, music braille, or even some foreign language. The issue will lie in the fact that the BrailleNote will not be able to read what you read using its speech synthesizer, but you can read it using the Braille display. Hope this helps. Don't hesitate to ask questions Kevin Chao Beta Tester of: Sendero GPS Version 4.0 and Nemeth Tutorial Version 1.0. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kylie Forth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:26 AM Subject: [Braillenote] General introduction and braille terminal question > Hi everyone > > > > I've just joined the list and after looking through the archives have > learnt > that it is tradition for new list members to introduce themselves. > > > > I've already found the archives very interesting and useful; I now know > about grade 3 braille, the Tetris game, and have gotten to know a few of > you. In fact, since joining the list I haven't done any study (I'm at > uni), > I've been too busy reading and sussing out games etc. > > > > I'm using a PK in Australia, and although it seems that the majority of > you > are using MPowers in the US, I've stumbled across a few posts from PK > users. > And of course, BrailleNotes are practically the same with a few individual > differences between models. > > > > Now to my question. I set up my PK as a braille display for JAWS around 10 > months ago, but now can't remember how to reestablish the connection. I > recall that plugging the serial cable into both machines and going into > the > "terminal for screen reader" automatically started the process. However, > this no longer works. > > > > I have ensured that BrailleNote is the active display in the JAWS Option > Menu, and select "serial" when I enter the terminal. I cannot find the > terminal (or Remote Synthesiser for that matter) in the Table of Contents > or > Index. Can someone please point me to the relevant section or suggest why > this is not working? > > > > I'm running 7.2, but actually set up the Terminal while running version 6. > > > > Thanks > > Kylie > > > > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
