Hi Jan, I use the bn here also with xp home as a braille display. When you select the braille display, do you get speech again immediately or is there a pause of maybe 3 or 4 seconds. If so, the window eyes driver is probably not locating the braille display. (I wish they would generate a warning message letting you know that.)
If you have used com1 recently and not rebooted your machine you might try that. Also, you might try a reset of the braille note. If you set the bn to terminal and press enter when it says "braille terminal" the display should go blank but you should then be able to select the bn as your display in the window eyes control pannel and immediately see braille. Just be sure you have the bn turned on and selected terminal and then braille terminal before you try to set window eyes to select the bn as braille display. Also, when you start your computer, you need to be sure the bn is turned on and in terminal mode before window eyes starts. If you turn it on later, you need to shut down window eyes and then restart it so the braille driver can be loaded. Sounds like you probably know about all of this already, but thought I'd pass it on anyway. Also, be sure to use the serial (null modem) cable which came with the bn. Probably none of this will help, but hope it does. <smile> Don On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 23:08:59 -0500 (GMT-05:00), Janet Stirbens wrote: Hello: I am trying to use a braille note as a braille display with a computer. I am using a braille note with 5.0, and windows XP on the PC, with window eyes as the screen reader. I connected the BN to the PC with the serial cable, I went to terminal on the BN, and chose Braille note as the braille display in window eyes, and am using com1. But nothing happens. Nothing is sent to the BN: it just shows terminal on the display. I know com1 works, cause it did when I used the BN as a speech synthesizer. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. Jan ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
