I'm pretty sure mine runs off the parallel port, but maybe somebody smarter than I am can confirm that you can do this.
William S. Stephan Procurement Analyst, Kansas City District National Contracting Organization Building Strong(r) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office: 816-389-3801 FAX: 816-389-2029 Help us in Building Strong! Please tell us how we are doing. Visit our Interactive Customer Evaluation (ICE) Website at: http://ice.disa.mil/index.cfm?fa=card&service_provider_id=110800&service_cate gory_id=14 -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Jorge Paez Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 5:36 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] embosser William: OK. Thanks. I'd need to get openbook first though. And quick question: my laptop doesn't have serial. DO I require a serial/paralel to USB converter? If so, how much is that cable usually? Thanks, Jorge On May 23, 2011, at 6:33 PM, Stephan, William S NWK wrote: > George, in addition to this, if you have Openbook on your laptop, you > can very easily use your Blazer, I do it all the time. > I don't believe you can do some of the fancy stuff that programs like > Duxburry let you do, but you can certainly create a good quality, > Grade II Braille document with OPenbook and a Blazer. > If you decide to take a shot at this let me know and I'll splain it better. > > William S. Stephan > Procurement Analyst, Kansas City District National Contracting > Organization > > Building Strong(r) > U.S. Army Corps of Engineers > Office: 816-389-3801 > FAX: 816-389-2029 > > Help us in Building Strong! Please tell us how we are doing. Visit > our Interactive Customer Evaluation (ICE) Website at: > > http://ice.disa.mil/index.cfm?fa=card&service_provider_id=110800&servi > ce_cate > gory_id=14 > > -----Original Message----- > From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Steve > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 5:07 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] embosser > > Jorge, > > The first part, I don't know. Unless others have used the Blaver with > Win 7, I don't know if your driver would work. I think Freedom > Scientific took over the Blazer printer as part of the Blazie Engineering demise. > > There are some free Braille translation programs out there. WinTrans > comes to mind. I don't have the website for it, but you should be > able to Google it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jorge Paez" <computertechjorgep...@gmail.com> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 5:42 PM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] embosser > > >> Hi all: >> Two quick questions. >> First, I have a small Blazy emboser that I used to use with my >> Braillelite that I no longer use. >> My question is can I use it with my new laptop? >> >> If so, what app do I need? >> >> I don't have Duxberry or any of that. >> Any free ones? >> >> Also, when using Sonar, can I emboss using that embosser? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jorge >> >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
