I would imagine that even a yes or no would be breaking the NDA. All
that can or should be known publicly is what Apple has announced to
the general public. That is, that Leopard will support Braille
displays and that grade 2 contracted Braille will be available. I do
sympathize with those of you who are looking to buy Braille displays,
but at this point we will probably just have to wait until October to
find out which displays will work. It's just how Apple does things.
On an aside, given the ridiculously high cost of Braille
displays, ,which have prevented me from having one myself though I
would love one, I wish the display makers would work togethe to come
up with a system wide standard for their devices. You can buy pretty
much any kind of computer monitor and be assured it will work with
just about any computer in one way or another. The same needs to be
done with the Braille display manufacturers.
On Jul 12, 2007, at 7:43 AM, James Austin wrote:
Hi folks,
With the release of Leopard just around the corner, does anyone
among the testers know if Braille is supported? Just a yes or no
will do, I'm not asking you to break your NDAs. How well supported
is Brille, as many of you know, Braille support is a major feature
of Jaws and Window Eyes, allowing you to monitor the system in
Braille as well as all the applications including word processors etc.
Those of you who use Braile will understand how important it is for
us to know which Braille Displays are supported, and how much
support we are getting. I heard on this list a long while back, that
limited Braille support was available in Termial. Has Braille
support gone system and application wide now in Leopard?
Just imagine for a second, Mac has slowly been regaining its hold
on the Education market, through people like yourselves putting the
Mac forward as a tool for students, doing what it says on the tin -
getting the job done. But if students going to University in
September are being swayed to use mac, many of them will probably
be Braille users. It would not be good for them to purchase an
expensive Braille notetaker, only to find that it either does not
work at all with Mac, or only has very limited support.
Again as I'm sure many of you can appreciate, this is a prressing
concern for many Braille users, not only on this list, but also for
potential Mac users.
Thanks
James
