Hi Shawn,
A friend told me once there is a way of assigning abbreviations to "scroll down"
& such to "sd" or whatever you like.
I forget how to do this & I never encountered any documentation about it or of
anything for Braille by HJ.
Ithis is annoying & I wish I could recall how to do this for your sake & my own.
I don't know how true this is, but a member on this list mentioned that HJ has
engaged a Braille transcription group to furnished HJ with 500 Braille manuals.
I hope this is true & that the Braille features will be described fully in the
manuals.
I do wish HJ would be more infomative about their dlings.
Regards,
Harry Bassler
-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn M Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 3:58 AM
Subject: Re: JFW with braille display
>Greetings to the list. I am using a braille lite 40 as a display and for
>the most part, I use the structured mode. It seems to work okay for me. I
>haven't had much complaint as far as it's use is concerned other than the
>fact that I get tired of seeing the words scroll down symbol while reading
>a document or e-mail. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get rid
>of that or am I stuck with it. Also, I'm not sure what the big difference
>in structured, line, and speech box modes are. If anyone would be willing
>to explain the differences, I would be much abliged. Thanks in advanced.
>
>Shawn At 09:47 AM 5/6/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>>Speech Box Mode has, as far as I have read, never been properly documented.
>>It contains almost all text sent to the synthesizer. To the extent anything
>>is spoken that is not in the Speech Box buffer, to that extent Braille
>>users are not being properly served. Speech Box Mode gives Braille users
>>access to everything that was (or would have been if they don't have a
>>synthesizer) spoken.
>>
>>The Speech Box buffer contains the last 20 lines sent to the synthesizer.
>>This is not enough. I've been asking for years, and promised for years, that
>>the buffer be enlarged. Nevertheless, it is invaluable for those occasions
>>when straight line mode yields confusing results (such as in the Braille
>>configuration section of Config Manager).
>>
>>The combination of Line Mode and Speech Box Mode give the Braille (including
>>Braille only) user access to the full power of JFW.
>>
>>Structured Mode, a flawed concept from the beginning, gives you access to
>>tidbits. For example, in the spelling checker in Outlook Express, I suddenly
>>come up with:
>>
>>ok
>>
>>That's all. just
>>
>>ok
>>
>>No way to go up, down or sideways. no way to tell what I'm expected to ok.
>>No clue even as to which program I'm talking to.
>>
>>Another example is the Index page in the Jaws help system. There's a big
>>long explanation given in speech. This information is accessible on the
>>screen using line mode. But using structured mode it's just not there.
>>
>>This is a terrible choice for the default Braille mode.
>>
>>I'm sure that if I used Structured Mode more I would probably figure out how
>>to jump through some extra hoops to get it to work, so don't take my
>>description of limits as gospel. Still, I've been writing to a profoundly
>>deaf person with access to Braille only. With no access to training tapes
>>and little to the Jaws help system, they were unaware of the keystrokes to
>>change from one Braille mode to another. I am only astonished this person
>>can do much of anything at all!
>>
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>>
>>
>
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