the superbraille is a laptop computer which comes equipped with braille and speech output. The speech is jfw. The computer dows not have a monitor. It costs $12,000. It also includes win 95 on a pentium; internet access tools, etc. > ---------- > From: Tom Lange[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 10:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: jfw and Super Braille > > Hi, > At 09:04 AM 2/9/99 -0500, you wrote: > >Tom. I never heard of the superbraille and am curious as to what it is. > As > >for what to do, look on your hard drive in the jfw20 directories for a > file > >named superbraile dot anything. You may also want to contact Henter-joyce > >about this instead of the makers of the superbraille. I would assume that > >jfw 2.0 drivers for speech synth would work with jfw 3.2, but I am not > >going to commit to that answer. > > The SuperBraille is essentially a laptop computer with a Braille display > and voice synthesizer built in. The visual display has been removed. A > monitor can be connected using the video port provided on the back of the > unit. > > I finally got a call from its manufacturer over the weekend and found out > a > few things which will help me get this thing set up in fairly short order. > Just in case any of you run across this little beastie and want to set one > up with JFW 3.2, here's what you need to know. > > Installing JFW 3.2 on the SuperBraille > > 1. Install JFW 3.2 as normal, specifying desired synthesizers. > In order to use the built-in synth, specify Accent PC internal. > 2. Specify Power Braille 40 as the Braille display, choose any com port, > though in fact no com port is going to be used. > 3. Let installation proceed. When JFW comes up, you'll get the Braille > Load > error. No problem. This can be solved by: > a. Editing the JFW.INI file in the c:\jfw32 directory. In the Braille > section, > leave everything alone except the braille driver line, which should be > changed > so that it refers to "superbrl". Also, you can put a > semicolon in front of the port specification line just to be on the > safe side, even though the superbrl driver doesn't look for a port. > b. Copy superbrl.jlb from the aadfiles directory to the c:\jfw32 > directory. > Restart JFW 3.2 and Braille should come up okay. > 3. To ensure that Braille comes up in the DOS box with Perspective, the > on-board Braille program for the Super Braille, be sure > to edit the appropriate JFW config file and set braille sleep mode to 1. > > > I'll find out in a couple of days whether the above information is > accurate > and whether the procedure actually works. Stay tuned... > Cheers! > Tom > > - > Visit the jfw ml web page: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw > - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw
