Hello Alex, This is helpful indeed. I don't believe that pairing the Apex with the Mac is all that straightforward, and I believe that the problem lies with Humanware.
For as expensive as the Apex is, I can't help but be disappointed in its software. That's a different story for a different time, however. Based on what you wrote, as well as what Anne wrote, it appears that I'm covered, as far as English is concerned. May I contact you off the list to get some assistance with pairing the Mac and the Apex? Either Skype or FaceTime would work for me. Kindest regards, Mike On 1,Sep,2011, at 7:23 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > The apex under Lion acts very oddly; letters expand to their grade 2 > words immediately, backspace and enter don't work, and you can't > assign commands. I have contacted Apple about this and they said they > would contact Humanware for an updated driver. However, Humanware says > that it is up to Apple, so who knows what will happen? Still, you can > read what vo says well enough, and the thumb keys do work for > navigation, interacting, and so on, so it may work for you until they > fix the driver and expand the apex's functionality under Lion. That, > though, is with a bluetooth connection; I'm not sure about USB. > > On 9/1/11, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >> Hello Mike, >> >> I've just been looking at Dragon Dictate for you, but it doesn't seem to >> work with German. I can find French and English, but nothing else. Have you >> contacted Nuance to ask them about it? >> >> As for your Braille display, I'm afraid I can't help there, either. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >> On 1 Sep 2011, at 16:39, Michael Busboom wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> For a lot of health-related reasons that I won't go into, I need to slowly >>> explore alternatives to keyboard input. My thinking is that I would use >>> Nuance products; a recommendation for what to order would be needed. I >>> would also like to use my BrailleNote Apex for Braille output. To make >>> life easier for those who are kind enough to assist me, here are my >>> questions: >>> >>> 1. I need voice input for both German and English. Does Nuance or >>> someone else sell a multilingual voice input package that would fit the >>> bill? I may be mistaken, but I don't believe that Apple sells or produces >>> anything that would meet this need. >>> >>> 2. I assume that speech recognition results are most promising if one >>> uses a good headset with a microphone. what works best with the Mac? As >>> long as I am purchasing a headset, I would also want it to work with >>> Skype, though if it didn't, it wouldn't be a show stopper. >>> >>> 3. I have never successfully connected my BrailleNote Apex to the Mac via >>> Bluetooth. Does anyone know of any documentation that would describe this >>> procedure in detail? Perhaps a USB connection would be better, and >>> comments on this thought are welcome. >>> >>> My sincerest thanks, >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
