Hi James, Yes it is! I was almost tempted to say this would be breaking my NDA (even a yes or no counts), but Apple publically announced it on the Leopard Accessibility features page on apple.com. But beyond what they announced, whether I know or not, would be breaking NDA unfortunately.
And I quote: Built for Braille. VoiceOver in Leopard supports a variety of refreshable Braille displays and note-takers. Leopard dynamically translates VoiceOver output into standard, Grade 2 contracted Braille, so you can attach any supported device and start using it right away. http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/features/accessibility.html cheers, jane On 7/12/07, James Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
