Tom, how much does a superbraille cost and where can I go to get more
information on it?
At 07:44 AM 2/8/99 -0800, you wrote:
> 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
>
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