Thanks Erik for that, I dont use braille input anyway so thats no problem for
me. I feel a lot better now!
Thanks everyone
Greetings, Anouk,
----- Original Message -----
From: erik burggraaf
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: apple os x and braille displays
Hi anouk,
You can rest easy. As far as I know there are only two features of the bc640
that aren't supported. That would be bluetooth and braille input. Bluetooth
is going to be hear in Snowleppard, and we can hope for braille input.
When you get your macbook and plug in your bc640, press vo f8 to open the
voice over utility.
Press b for braille.
Tab to display, then right arrow to input.
There you will find a list of all the commands the BC640 can perform, and you
will have the option of changing each one to make the layout more to your
liking.
I think my braille connect has about 170 or so commands for it. Can't
confirm because I basicly use it for reading long documents like books and
manuals and it's not plugged in right now. As far as I know the braille
display support has come almost exclusively from apple with little or no help
from the manufacturers. I'm not sure why the manufacturers wouldn't want in on
the design so they could include apple computers in their list of supported
devices if nothing else, but as long as it works I shall not complain.
Best,
erik burggraaf
A+ sertified technician and user support consultant.
Phone: 888-255-5194
Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com
On 19-Aug-09, at 4:41 AM, a radix wrote:
Hello, yes, naturally I checked the list on the apple site before I started
this adventure and it is on it and I also checked in the store but as I said,
rather briefly. I think indeed it does work with brlty on linux but I dont
think it would be practical to port it since then youw ould still have to get
it to interact with voiceover. Anyway, I am not a programmer.
I guess I will find out in about 1.5 week.
Greetings, Anouk,
----- Original Message -----
From: James & Nash
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: apple os x and braille displays
Hello Anouk,
Today someone from optelec (the people that make the bc640 and also sold
me my curren tlaptop and hal my screenreader for windows) was here to fetch my
laptop for repaisr, he was rather doubtful wether or not the bc640 would work
well on mac os x since there were no drivers and he was doubtful if all the
functions would work well. This obviously has me a bit concerned. Especially
since the folks over at optelec dont support mac os x at all while their
braille display does work with it. This especially worries me since I am a
longtime diehard braille user, no speech for me.
It is not very surprising that the folks over at Optilek do not support
Macs - very few folks do, either in the blindness community or generally. Don't
be to concerned though, you can check the growing list of Braille Displays on
Apple's website. Also, it might be possible for you to port over BRLTTY from
Linux which supports over 40 or so displays if I remember correctly.
Take care
James
----- Original Message -----
From: a radix
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:30 AM
Subject: apple os x and braille displays
Hello, I did try the macbook pro in the store with my bc640 but rather
briefly, basically I just checked if I could get braille and that did work.
Today someone from optelec (the people that make the bc640 and also sold me my
curren tlaptop and hal my screenreader for windows) was here to fetch my laptop
for repaisr, he was rather doubtful wether or not the bc640 would work well on
mac os x since there were no drivers and he was doubtful if all the functions
would work well. This obviously has me a bit concerned. Especially since the
folks over at optelec dont support mac os x at all while their braille display
does work with it. This especially worries me since I am a longtime diehard
braille user, no speech for me.
I guess I will find out for myself when my macbook pro gets here.
Greetings, Anouk,
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