On the plus side, on the BT, I can now use a custom thumb key layout and still access thumb key commands used on IOS4.2, and in addition can use the bypass key, enter with dots 456, followed by any Apple braille command to issue that command instead of having it do its braillenote thing.
Dean -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sabahattin Gucukoglu Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 7:15 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Braille Terminal Changes Also Affects OS X On 13 Feb 2011, at 04:22, Alex Hall wrote: > Wow, horrible news! Please, if you haven't already, email support and > detail what is going on with OSX and brltty. Apple computers are so > accessible already that I hate to see them lose the Apex as a display. > I would write support as well, except I do not use a Mac and so cannot > be specific enough. Thanks for the warning! Well, I spoke too soon - iOS is also affected. It seems HumanWare did not think of backward compatibility or interoperability at all when they changed the QT braille support. So, even iOS devices are severely hampered by the braille changes, to the use of thumb keys and router buttons only. I guess the only hope now is to have either the respective drivers updated, or else HumanWare should reintroduce bug-for-bug compatibility with the earlier, braille-in emulation. Meantime, I'll just get used to reaching from left to right between physical keyboard and braille display, and losing some navigational features, which is horribly painful, in addition to the issue of having braille present even when it is explicitly switched off. Cheers, Sabahattin ___ 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
