Re: embossing from a Mac?
Hello Cheryl, That's a lot of useful information. My Basic was purchased as a used machine and is a V1 blue. They hadn't dreamed of USB ports back in those days. smiles. This is what I got when I attempted to build the standard distribution, which I'm sure came from the official site: Georginas-Mac-mini:nfbtrans gena$ mv MAKEFILE Makefile Georginas-Mac-mini:nfbtrans gena$ make lowercase rm *.ASM NFBTRANS *.EXE *.BAT mv README.TXT readme.txt mv NFBTRANS.C nfbtrans.c mv NFBPATCH.C nfbpatch.c mv NFBTRANS.FMT nfbtrans.fmt mv NFBTRANS.CNF nfbtrans.cnf mv MAKEDOC makedoc chmod 755 makedoc mv BRAILLE.TAB braille.tab mv BACK.TAB back.tab mv TABLES.ZIP tables.zip mv TVFREQS.FMT tvfreqs.fmt mv ENGLISH.DIC english.dic mv SPELL.DAT spell.dat mv MENU.CNF menu.cnf mv BCOMP.C bcomp.c Georginas-Mac-mini:nfbtrans gena$ make Please specify a target by entering one of the following: make sunos make sunos-insight make ultrix make aix make linux make djgpp make msvc Georginas-Mac-mini:nfbtrans gena$ BTW: All my observations are from this Mac running Mavericks 10.9.3. HTH Gena On 11 Jun 2014, at 00:30, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I thought about replying within the message but decided that might not work so well for people who are trying to read fast. So I'll address each point here at the top. 1. My cable came with the Index basic and I didn't have to go find a prolific driver and cable. Maybe that is part of what the driver and application do though I do also happen to have prolific cables because of using brltty. Maybe it's been fixed but from Lion on, sometimes the official prolific driver caused problems; for instance, unplugging it without killing brltty first caused spontaneous reboot of my computer and I learned by searching online that this was not a brltty problem but was related to the prolific driver's interaction with the OS. And on one of my computers, installing the prolific driver did not result in a cu.usbserial or any other cu. device in /dev. So I looked around online and found that somebody had done a driver, though I had to directly install the kernel extension instead of just running an installer. The naming ends up being different from what the official driver did but it does start with a cu prefix. Btw I think that keyspan cables are no longer useable at all; I have a few of those too. The change in driver solved both issues. I'll post the links in case anybody needs them. But because I kind of went down a rabbit trail here let me again say that the cable that came with the Index Basic I have worked out of the box for me along with the driver and application. PL2303 Serial USB on OSX Lion Mountain Lion PL-2303 Driver Crash Fix | The Networking Nerd 2. Actually, I used to compile nfbtrans on my Mac in terminal just as I did in linux. I didn't actually use it for embossing but it could be done. I think I had help in doing a patch at one time for the Mac but I don't know if I still have it or if it would still work - this was a long time ago. 3. In addition to louis, which was done by Greg Kearney in order to implement liblouis on the Mac,, there are liblouis and liblouisutdml, which I use on the command line after compiling and installing. There are a few little quirks but I was able to install them on the Mac. I also now have them installed on an old powerpc Mac mini which I have turned into a debian linux machine. Unless Greg has fixed the problem in louis,, the right tables aren't being loaded for Spanish - I don't know about other languages. Part of the problem had to do with UTF8 character sets but I would have to go back and look at my notes and email exchanges with John Boyer and the related email lists to really give an accurate explanation. The result was that most of my accents were not being translated if I tried to use Louis but I would instead get these codes offset by single quotes if I remember correctly. 3. I think that somewhere with using liblouis and liblouisutdml and maybe other components, there is a program for doing rtf but I haven't ever tried it. While I do use liblouis and company successfully, it is not automatic conversion by any means. I have to do a lot of formatting within the text file to get what I want in the braille file and even then I have to do editing in the braille file too. Some of this may be my ignorance as to the proper way to do things but just be warned if you use it, there is definitely work and problem-solving involved. Hth. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
Hello Tim, I don't know that machine. What do Enabling Technologies say? What have you tried? Gena On 10 Jun 2014, at 22:42, Tim Emmons temmo...@gmail.com wrote: Gena, I have a Romeo Pro 50 a single sided braille printer from Enabling technologies. Can I get that to emboss on the mac side? I've not had luck with it yet but was just curious. Let me know what might work. This is for my office here at work, we're trying to get our braille printer back up and going and we've been down with it for a few months since they switched us here and I can't seem to get the embosser to work. Thanks. On Jun 10, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I have just got an Index Basic going on my Mac. Firstly I needed a USB to serial lead. I understand that there are 2 chipsets supported. I was lucky that one that I had for some time was a supported one. I had to find a Prolific driver and install it. It wasn't difficult. It generates a /dev/cu.usbserial device which you send the braille for embossing. Not sure if I needed the Index driver too but I installed it. I had used nfbtrans on a linux command line so grabbed that. However, it was not going to work on the Mac. There is a Mac patch copy floating about which I eventually found. This works OK but is limited. Then there is Louis a GUI accessible program. This works too. However, only with text files. RTF and HTML etc files just seem to crash and don't work for me. It does enable the translation of different braille tables. So check out nfbtrans if you don't mind working from the command line or Louis if you want a GUI interface. HTH Gena On 10 Jun 2014, at 18:31, Daniel Chavez topdog2...@gmail.com wrote: That's the same question I want to know. I have a Romeo Pro 50 and want to emboss with it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Gena Georgina Joyce Applied Psychologist Training and Coaching. Because individuals of groups matter! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Gena Georgina Joyce Applied Psychologist Training and Coaching. Because individuals of groups matter! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
That's the same question I want to know. I have a Romeo Pro 50 and want to emboss with it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
I am waiting for Duxbury to port DBT over to Mac. And if that version uses Microsoft Word, which supposedly will be accessible on the Mac, it cannot be soon enough tho I may need the time to save up the pennies for both. :) But if there are other alternatives that would work, I would try those. Quote of the nanosecond . . . I'm not crazy. I've been in a very bad mood for 30 years. Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 6/10/2014 10:10 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if there are any of you out there embossing braille from a Mac? If so, how are you doing it? Thanks, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
I use an Index printer and Index has an application and driver. I use liblouis and liblouisutdml for translation but I also do a lot of editing along with that; there is also a louis program for the Mac but at least for the Spanish there were problems with it last time I tried it but the English may work fine. I'm just doing text files though, not Word files, but I don't need that for what I am doing right now anyway. If you have an Index printer, a quick google should bring up information as this was posted on the macvoiceover list and I think some other lists a little over a year ago. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jun 10, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if there are any of you out there embossing braille from a Mac? If so, how are you doing it? Thanks, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
I had posted this to the list a while ago: Was emailing with the folks at ViewPlus and they say they have a beta driver for their embossers. They said it can emboss simple text documents and works with any current generation ViewPlus embosser. I can pass along their contact info if anyone wants to give it a whirl. CB On 6/10/14, 2:11 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: I use an Index printer and Index has an application and driver. I use liblouis and liblouisutdml for translation but I also do a lot of editing along with that; there is also a louis program for the Mac but at least for the Spanish there were problems with it last time I tried it but the English may work fine. I'm just doing text files though, not Word files, but I don't need that for what I am doing right now anyway. If you have an Index printer, a quick google should bring up information as this was posted on the macvoiceover list and I think some other lists a little over a year ago. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jun 10, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com mailto:doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if there are any of you out there embossing braille from a Mac? If so, how are you doing it? Thanks, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Ż\_(?)_/Ż -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
Will a Braille blazer work on a Mac? Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2014, at 2:14 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: I had posted this to the list a while ago: Was emailing with the folks at ViewPlus and they say they have a beta driver for their embossers. They said it can emboss simple text documents and works with any current generation ViewPlus embosser. I can pass along their contact info if anyone wants to give it a whirl. CB On 6/10/14, 2:11 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: I use an Index printer and Index has an application and driver. I use liblouis and liblouisutdml for translation but I also do a lot of editing along with that; there is also a louis program for the Mac but at least for the Spanish there were problems with it last time I tried it but the English may work fine. I'm just doing text files though, not Word files, but I don't need that for what I am doing right now anyway. If you have an Index printer, a quick google should bring up information as this was posted on the macvoiceover list and I think some other lists a little over a year ago. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jun 10, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if there are any of you out there embossing braille from a Mac? If so, how are you doing it? Thanks, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
Yeah, me, too. But it seems to keep getting delayed. *sigh* Cheers, Donna On Jun 10, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: I am waiting for Duxbury to port DBT over to Mac. And if that version uses Microsoft Word, which supposedly will be accessible on the Mac, it cannot be soon enough tho I may need the time to save up the pennies for both. :) But if there are other alternatives that would work, I would try those. Quote of the nanosecond . . . I'm not crazy. I've been in a very bad mood for 30 years. Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 6/10/2014 10:10 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if there are any of you out there embossing braille from a Mac? If so, how are you doing it? Thanks, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
thanks, Cheryl. I'm actually asking for someone who is fairly new to the Mac, and is currently in the process of selecting and embosser. I'll check this out. Cheers, Donna On Jun 10, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I use an Index printer and Index has an application and driver. I use liblouis and liblouisutdml for translation but I also do a lot of editing along with that; there is also a louis program for the Mac but at least for the Spanish there were problems with it last time I tried it but the English may work fine. I'm just doing text files though, not Word files, but I don't need that for what I am doing right now anyway. If you have an Index printer, a quick google should bring up information as this was posted on the macvoiceover list and I think some other lists a little over a year ago. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jun 10, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if there are any of you out there embossing braille from a Mac? If so, how are you doing it? Thanks, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
Thanks, Chris, I may give them a call. Cheers, Donna On Jun 10, 2014, at 1:14 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: I had posted this to the list a while ago: Was emailing with the folks at ViewPlus and they say they have a beta driver for their embossers. They said it can emboss simple text documents and works with any current generation ViewPlus embosser. I can pass along their contact info if anyone wants to give it a whirl. CB On 6/10/14, 2:11 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: I use an Index printer and Index has an application and driver. I use liblouis and liblouisutdml for translation but I also do a lot of editing along with that; there is also a louis program for the Mac but at least for the Spanish there were problems with it last time I tried it but the English may work fine. I'm just doing text files though, not Word files, but I don't need that for what I am doing right now anyway. If you have an Index printer, a quick google should bring up information as this was posted on the macvoiceover list and I think some other lists a little over a year ago. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jun 10, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if there are any of you out there embossing braille from a Mac? If so, how are you doing it? Thanks, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
The embossers from Index work well. Your biggest problem, however, is not the actual embossing but the translation program. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jun 10, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: thanks, Cheryl. I’m actually asking for someone who is fairly new to the Mac, and is currently in the process of selecting and embosser. I’ll check this out. Cheers, Donna On Jun 10, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I use an Index printer and Index has an application and driver. I use liblouis and liblouisutdml for translation but I also do a lot of editing along with that; there is also a louis program for the Mac but at least for the Spanish there were problems with it last time I tried it but the English may work fine. I'm just doing text files though, not Word files, but I don't need that for what I am doing right now anyway. If you have an Index printer, a quick google should bring up information as this was posted on the macvoiceover list and I think some other lists a little over a year ago. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jun 10, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if there are any of you out there embossing braille from a Mac? If so, how are you doing it? Thanks, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
I have not heard that, did not know there was a delay, for I never heard a deadline. Ok being funny here. :) I would play with Louis but the embosser is not close enough to the Mac anyway to be connected. Quote of the nanosecond . . . Everything I know I learned in Corporate America. Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 6/10/2014 1:01 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Yeah, me, too. But it seems to keep getting delayed. *sigh* Cheers, Donna On Jun 10, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Robert C gone.to.da...@gmail.com wrote: I am waiting for Duxbury to port DBT over to Mac. And if that version uses Microsoft Word, which supposedly will be accessible on the Mac, it cannot be soon enough tho I may need the time to save up the pennies for both. :) But if there are other alternatives that would work, I would try those. Quote of the nanosecond . . . I'm not crazy. I've been in a very bad mood for 30 years. Robert Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 6/10/2014 10:10 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if there are any of you out there embossing braille from a Mac? If so, how are you doing it? Thanks, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
Hello, I have just got an Index Basic going on my Mac. Firstly I needed a USB to serial lead. I understand that there are 2 chipsets supported. I was lucky that one that I had for some time was a supported one. I had to find a Prolific driver and install it. It wasn't difficult. It generates a /dev/cu.usbserial device which you send the braille for embossing. Not sure if I needed the Index driver too but I installed it. I had used nfbtrans on a linux command line so grabbed that. However, it was not going to work on the Mac. There is a Mac patch copy floating about which I eventually found. This works OK but is limited. Then there is Louis a GUI accessible program. This works too. However, only with text files. RTF and HTML etc files just seem to crash and don't work for me. It does enable the translation of different braille tables. So check out nfbtrans if you don't mind working from the command line or Louis if you want a GUI interface. HTH Gena On 10 Jun 2014, at 18:31, Daniel Chavez topdog2...@gmail.com wrote: That's the same question I want to know. I have a Romeo Pro 50 and want to emboss with it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Gena Georgina Joyce Applied Psychologist Training and Coaching. Because individuals of groups matter! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
Gena, I have a Romeo Pro 50 a single sided braille printer from Enabling technologies. Can I get that to emboss on the mac side? I've not had luck with it yet but was just curious. Let me know what might work. This is for my office here at work, we're trying to get our braille printer back up and going and we've been down with it for a few months since they switched us here and I can't seem to get the embosser to work. Thanks. On Jun 10, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I have just got an Index Basic going on my Mac. Firstly I needed a USB to serial lead. I understand that there are 2 chipsets supported. I was lucky that one that I had for some time was a supported one. I had to find a Prolific driver and install it. It wasn't difficult. It generates a /dev/cu.usbserial device which you send the braille for embossing. Not sure if I needed the Index driver too but I installed it. I had used nfbtrans on a linux command line so grabbed that. However, it was not going to work on the Mac. There is a Mac patch copy floating about which I eventually found. This works OK but is limited. Then there is Louis a GUI accessible program. This works too. However, only with text files. RTF and HTML etc files just seem to crash and don't work for me. It does enable the translation of different braille tables. So check out nfbtrans if you don't mind working from the command line or Louis if you want a GUI interface. HTH Gena On 10 Jun 2014, at 18:31, Daniel Chavez topdog2...@gmail.com wrote: That's the same question I want to know. I have a Romeo Pro 50 and want to emboss with it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Gena Georgina Joyce Applied Psychologist Training and Coaching. Because individuals of groups matter! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: embossing from a Mac?
I thought about replying within the message but decided that might not work so well for people who are trying to read fast. So I'll address each point here at the top. 1. My cable came with the Index basic and I didn't have to go find a prolific driver and cable. Maybe that is part of what the driver and application do though I do also happen to have prolific cables because of using brltty. Maybe it's been fixed but from Lion on, sometimes the official prolific driver caused problems; for instance, unplugging it without killing brltty first caused spontaneous reboot of my computer and I learned by searching online that this was not a brltty problem but was related to the prolific driver's interaction with the OS. And on one of my computers, installing the prolific driver did not result in a cu.usbserial or any other cu. device in /dev. So I looked around online and found that somebody had done a driver, though I had to directly install the kernel extension instead of just running an installer. The naming ends up being different from what the official driver did but it does start with a cu prefix. Btw I think that keyspan cables are no longer useable at all; I have a few of those too. The change in driver solved both issues. I'll post the links in case anybody needs them. But because I kind of went down a rabbit trail here let me again say that the cable that came with the Index Basic I have worked out of the box for me along with the driver and application. PL2303 Serial USB on OSX Lion Mountain Lion PL-2303 Driver Crash Fix | The Networking Nerd 2. Actually, I used to compile nfbtrans on my Mac in terminal just as I did in linux. I didn't actually use it for embossing but it could be done. I think I had help in doing a patch at one time for the Mac but I don't know if I still have it or if it would still work - this was a long time ago. 3. In addition to louis, which was done by Greg Kearney in order to implement liblouis on the Mac,, there are liblouis and liblouisutdml, which I use on the command line after compiling and installing. There are a few little quirks but I was able to install them on the Mac. I also now have them installed on an old powerpc Mac mini which I have turned into a debian linux machine. Unless Greg has fixed the problem in louis,, the right tables aren't being loaded for Spanish - I don't know about other languages. Part of the problem had to do with UTF8 character sets but I would have to go back and look at my notes and email exchanges with John Boyer and the related email lists to really give an accurate explanation. The result was that most of my accents were not being translated if I tried to use Louis but I would instead get these codes offset by single quotes if I remember correctly. 3. I think that somewhere with using liblouis and liblouisutdml and maybe other components, there is a program for doing rtf but I haven't ever tried it. While I do use liblouis and company successfully, it is not automatic conversion by any means. I have to do a lot of formatting within the text file to get what I want in the braille file and even then I have to do editing in the braille file too. Some of this may be my ignorance as to the proper way to do things but just be warned if you use it, there is definitely work and problem-solving involved. Hth. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jun 10, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello, I have just got an Index Basic going on my Mac. Firstly I needed a USB to serial lead. I understand that there are 2 chipsets supported. I was lucky that one that I had for some time was a supported one. I had to find a Prolific driver and install it. It wasn't difficult. It generates a /dev/cu.usbserial device which you send the braille for embossing. Not sure if I needed the Index driver too but I installed it. I had used nfbtrans on a linux command line so grabbed that. However, it was not going to work on the Mac. There is a Mac patch copy floating about which I eventually found. This works OK but is limited. Then there is Louis a GUI accessible program. This works too. However, only with text files. RTF and HTML etc files just seem to crash and don't work for me. It does enable the translation of different braille tables. So check out nfbtrans if you don't mind working from the command line or Louis if you want a GUI interface. HTH Gena -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries
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No unexpectedly quitting for me. A Mac reboot every now and then isn't a bad idea. CB On 1/4/14 12:05 AM, Daniel Hawkins wrote: Hello Chris, Smacks forehead on desk. I am an idiot. I was trying to get OpenOffice and LibreOffice from a installation back when I got my Mac last March… I fail. I spent almost all day doing research allay and never though I’d update the apps! sees. So that’s what I did, I updated both OpenOffice and Libre, and OpenOffice is still having Voiceover problems, but it loos like Libre is now user friendly. Now, it is maybe my Mac needs a reboot, but both apps quit unexpedatly when I close them. So I don’t know that is a problem or not. Now I’m am trying to install a Libre extension called odt2 that is supposed to translate to braille. I know my braille instructor does that on a Windows machine. Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 3, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com mailto:cblo...@aol.com wrote: Have you tried the latest LibreOffice? It was not working with voiceover last I tried it but I just downloaded the new version today 4.1.4.2 and so far the word processor is working reasonably well. At least I wasn't getting the empty document I used to get. I'm on 10.8 so I couldn't verify if there are issues with Mavericks but other forums say it works if you get the 64-bit OSX build. CB On 1/2/14 4:12 PM, Daniel Hawkins wrote: I did research on that. Even Apple said that LibreOffice, and OpenOffice is fully accessible . When I looked around, the last accessible format was on Lion, and Openoffice 3. The Wiki was looks like last updated in 2009. When I had my Mountain Lion, Openoffice and libreoffice worked, just can’t hear what I typed, but if I hit VO l, it will read back to me just fine. I found a text reader extensions, but the real problem is that the two apps just won’t run on Maverick, and i see that others are having that problem. So, for us on the Mac it is Text Edit, or Pages... Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 2, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com mailto:cblo...@aol.com wrote: According to the Apache web site, Apache Open office supposedly works with VO now, but last I tried it I could only access menu bar items and couldn't actually work with the text in the document. That's been a while so maybe they fixed it again. LibreOffice claims the same thing. Did you try them or was this info from a web page. Both are free so it costs nothing to give them a whirl. CB On 1/2/14 3:51 PM, Daniel Hawkins wrote: Hello everyone, Once again, I have another question for here. Long story short my sister have been blind for years and I just recently lost my vision. However I jumped to a Mac right away, but my sister is transiting from Windows XP to Mac. One problem she had was learning Duxbury, there was none here to teach her. So I did research allay, and I found out that you can print braille using Openoffice or libreOffice. With a odt2 extension. Now here is a kicker, Appentenly LibreOffice and OpenOffice is not accessible on a Mac, only on Snow Lepord. And now with Maverick, those two apps won’t run at all. So, does anyone have a solution to emboss from a Mac? Or is the only solution is to still run Windows? Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at
Re: embossing from the mac
Hi. There is a pef driver, so you can print robobrailles files on a braille printer, if you have got a pef file from robobraille. If you wish more details please let me know. I think I have sent some information out a while back. Best regards Annie. Den 04 Jan 2014 kl. 04:54 skrev jean parker radiofore...@gmail.com: Sherryl: I have also tried Louis but couldn't figure it out either. I could go through the steps of translating a file I guess but could never find the translated file. There didn't seem to be a place to specify where the output file should go. So I gave up on it and went back to using Robo Braille. The problem with that is that you need to be connected to the internet and there is apparently no way to translate from Braille to print. Any insights about how to specify where the output file should go would be appreciated. Then again, it is possible I was doing something else wrong. I found no good documentation and writing to the developers yielded no results. Maybe I will try it again as I would like to have a braille translator that can be used off line. . Jean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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Hi all. What about liblouis. https://code.google.com/p/liblouis/ I can not figure out how to install and run it on the mac, but maybe someone can clarify that. It has been updated in june or july. Best regards Annie. Den 02 Jan 2014 kl. 22:12 skrev Daniel Hawkins computersassocia...@gmail.com: I did research on that. Even Apple said that LibreOffice, and OpenOffice is fully accessible . When I looked around, the last accessible format was on Lion, and Openoffice 3. The Wiki was looks like last updated in 2009. When I had my Mountain Lion, Openoffice and libreoffice worked, just can’t hear what I typed, but if I hit VO l, it will read back to me just fine. I found a text reader extensions, but the real problem is that the two apps just won’t run on Maverick, and i see that others are having that problem. So, for us on the Mac it is Text Edit, or Pages... Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 2, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: According to the Apache web site, Apache Open office supposedly works with VO now, but last I tried it I could only access menu bar items and couldn't actually work with the text in the document. That's been a while so maybe they fixed it again. LibreOffice claims the same thing. Did you try them or was this info from a web page. Both are free so it costs nothing to give them a whirl. CB On 1/2/14 3:51 PM, Daniel Hawkins wrote: Hello everyone, Once again, I have another question for here. Long story short my sister have been blind for years and I just recently lost my vision. However I jumped to a Mac right away, but my sister is transiting from Windows XP to Mac. One problem she had was learning Duxbury, there was none here to teach her. So I did research allay, and I found out that you can print braille using Openoffice or libreOffice. With a odt2 extension. Now here is a kicker, Appentenly LibreOffice and OpenOffice is not accessible on a Mac, only on Snow Lepord. And now with Maverick, those two apps won’t run at all. So, does anyone have a solution to emboss from a Mac? Or is the only solution is to still run Windows? Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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Is it free? Sent from my iPhone On Jan 3, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. What about liblouis. https://code.google.com/p/liblouis/ I can not figure out how to install and run it on the mac, but maybe someone can clarify that. It has been updated in june or july. Best regards Annie. Den 02 Jan 2014 kl. 22:12 skrev Daniel Hawkins computersassocia...@gmail.com: I did research on that. Even Apple said that LibreOffice, and OpenOffice is fully accessible . When I looked around, the last accessible format was on Lion, and Openoffice 3. The Wiki was looks like last updated in 2009. When I had my Mountain Lion, Openoffice and libreoffice worked, just can’t hear what I typed, but if I hit VO l, it will read back to me just fine. I found a text reader extensions, but the real problem is that the two apps just won’t run on Maverick, and i see that others are having that problem. So, for us on the Mac it is Text Edit, or Pages... Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 2, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: According to the Apache web site, Apache Open office supposedly works with VO now, but last I tried it I could only access menu bar items and couldn't actually work with the text in the document. That's been a while so maybe they fixed it again. LibreOffice claims the same thing. Did you try them or was this info from a web page. Both are free so it costs nothing to give them a whirl. CB On 1/2/14 3:51 PM, Daniel Hawkins wrote: Hello everyone, Once again, I have another question for here. Long story short my sister have been blind for years and I just recently lost my vision. However I jumped to a Mac right away, but my sister is transiting from Windows XP to Mac. One problem she had was learning Duxbury, there was none here to teach her. So I did research allay, and I found out that you can print braille using Openoffice or libreOffice. With a odt2 extension. Now here is a kicker, Appentenly LibreOffice and OpenOffice is not accessible on a Mac, only on Snow Lepord. And now with Maverick, those two apps won’t run at all. So, does anyone have a solution to emboss from a Mac? Or is the only solution is to still run Windows? Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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I use liblouis to translate from print to braille. It's also actually possible to write in braille on your computer if you know what symbols to use and I've been known to do this for short things and quick corrections. My printer is an Index and so I use the Index driver for actual printing. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jan 3, 2014, at 11:04 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. What about liblouis. https://code.google.com/p/liblouis/ I can not figure out how to install and run it on the mac, but maybe someone can clarify that. It has been updated in june or july. Best regards Annie. Den 02 Jan 2014 kl. 22:12 skrev Daniel Hawkins computersassocia...@gmail.com: I did research on that. Even Apple said that LibreOffice, and OpenOffice is fully accessible . When I looked around, the last accessible format was on Lion, and Openoffice 3. The Wiki was looks like last updated in 2009. When I had my Mountain Lion, Openoffice and libreoffice worked, just can’t hear what I typed, but if I hit VO l, it will read back to me just fine. I found a text reader extensions, but the real problem is that the two apps just won’t run on Maverick, and i see that others are having that problem. So, for us on the Mac it is Text Edit, or Pages... Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 2, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: According to the Apache web site, Apache Open office supposedly works with VO now, but last I tried it I could only access menu bar items and couldn't actually work with the text in the document. That's been a while so maybe they fixed it again. LibreOffice claims the same thing. Did you try them or was this info from a web page. Both are free so it costs nothing to give them a whirl. CB On 1/2/14 3:51 PM, Daniel Hawkins wrote: Hello everyone, Once again, I have another question for here. Long story short my sister have been blind for years and I just recently lost my vision. However I jumped to a Mac right away, but my sister is transiting from Windows XP to Mac. One problem she had was learning Duxbury, there was none here to teach her. So I did research allay, and I found out that you can print braille using Openoffice or libreOffice. With a odt2 extension. Now here is a kicker, Appentenly LibreOffice and OpenOffice is not accessible on a Mac, only on Snow Lepord. And now with Maverick, those two apps won’t run at all. So, does anyone have a solution to emboss from a Mac? Or is the only solution is to still run Windows? Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at
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Have you tried the latest LibreOffice? It was not working with voiceover last I tried it but I just downloaded the new version today 4.1.4.2 and so far the word processor is working reasonably well. At least I wasn't getting the empty document I used to get. I'm on 10.8 so I couldn't verify if there are issues with Mavericks but other forums say it works if you get the 64-bit OSX build. CB On 1/2/14 4:12 PM, Daniel Hawkins wrote: I did research on that. Even Apple said that LibreOffice, and OpenOffice is fully accessible . When I looked around, the last accessible format was on Lion, and Openoffice 3. The Wiki was looks like last updated in 2009. When I had my Mountain Lion, Openoffice and libreoffice worked, just can’t hear what I typed, but if I hit VO l, it will read back to me just fine. I found a text reader extensions, but the real problem is that the two apps just won’t run on Maverick, and i see that others are having that problem. So, for us on the Mac it is Text Edit, or Pages... Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 2, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com mailto:cblo...@aol.com wrote: According to the Apache web site, Apache Open office supposedly works with VO now, but last I tried it I could only access menu bar items and couldn't actually work with the text in the document. That's been a while so maybe they fixed it again. LibreOffice claims the same thing. Did you try them or was this info from a web page. Both are free so it costs nothing to give them a whirl. CB On 1/2/14 3:51 PM, Daniel Hawkins wrote: Hello everyone, Once again, I have another question for here. Long story short my sister have been blind for years and I just recently lost my vision. However I jumped to a Mac right away, but my sister is transiting from Windows XP to Mac. One problem she had was learning Duxbury, there was none here to teach her. So I did research allay, and I found out that you can print braille using Openoffice or libreOffice. With a odt2 extension. Now here is a kicker, Appentenly LibreOffice and OpenOffice is not accessible on a Mac, only on Snow Lepord. And now with Maverick, those two apps won’t run at all. So, does anyone have a solution to emboss from a Mac? Or is the only solution is to still run Windows? Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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Hello Chris, Smacks forehead on desk. I am an idiot. I was trying to get OpenOffice and LibreOffice from a installation back when I got my Mac last March… I fail. I spent almost all day doing research allay and never though I’d update the apps! sees. So that’s what I did, I updated both OpenOffice and Libre, and OpenOffice is still having Voiceover problems, but it loos like Libre is now user friendly. Now, it is maybe my Mac needs a reboot, but both apps quit unexpedatly when I close them. So I don’t know that is a problem or not. Now I’m am trying to install a Libre extension called odt2 that is supposed to translate to braille. I know my braille instructor does that on a Windows machine. Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 3, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: Have you tried the latest LibreOffice? It was not working with voiceover last I tried it but I just downloaded the new version today 4.1.4.2 and so far the word processor is working reasonably well. At least I wasn't getting the empty document I used to get. I'm on 10.8 so I couldn't verify if there are issues with Mavericks but other forums say it works if you get the 64-bit OSX build. CB On 1/2/14 4:12 PM, Daniel Hawkins wrote: I did research on that. Even Apple said that LibreOffice, and OpenOffice is fully accessible . When I looked around, the last accessible format was on Lion, and Openoffice 3. The Wiki was looks like last updated in 2009. When I had my Mountain Lion, Openoffice and libreoffice worked, just can’t hear what I typed, but if I hit VO l, it will read back to me just fine. I found a text reader extensions, but the real problem is that the two apps just won’t run on Maverick, and i see that others are having that problem. So, for us on the Mac it is Text Edit, or Pages... Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 2, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: According to the Apache web site, Apache Open office supposedly works with VO now, but last I tried it I could only access menu bar items and couldn't actually work with the text in the document. That's been a while so maybe they fixed it again. LibreOffice claims the same thing. Did you try them or was this info from a web page. Both are free so it costs nothing to give them a whirl. CB On 1/2/14 3:51 PM, Daniel Hawkins wrote: Hello everyone, Once again, I have another question for here. Long story short my sister have been blind for years and I just recently lost my vision. However I jumped to a Mac right away, but my sister is transiting from Windows XP to Mac. One problem she had was learning Duxbury, there was none here to teach her. So I did research allay, and I found out that you can print braille using Openoffice or libreOffice. With a odt2 extension. Now here is a kicker, Appentenly LibreOffice and OpenOffice is not accessible on a Mac, only on Snow Lepord. And now with Maverick, those two apps won’t run at all. So, does anyone have a solution to emboss from a Mac? Or is the only solution is to still run Windows? Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
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Hi Daniel, I'm not sure if this topic was recently discussed on this list or another. However, I did received a recent post on the Duxbury list serve stating that once 11.2 is released, creating and dedicating time for a Mac Duxbury version is high on the priority list. Who knows when it will be released, but there are plenty of us who are using a Mac and would really like to emboss with it. Hence, I am still running my Dell laptop using Win 7 to emboss. HTH. Eileen On Jan 2, 2014, at 12:51 PM, Daniel Hawkins computersassocia...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, Once again, I have another question for here. Long story short my sister have been blind for years and I just recently lost my vision. However I jumped to a Mac right away, but my sister is transiting from Windows XP to Mac. One problem she had was learning Duxbury, there was none here to teach her. So I did research allay, and I found out that you can print braille using Openoffice or libreOffice. With a odt2 extension. Now here is a kicker, Appentenly LibreOffice and OpenOffice is not accessible on a Mac, only on Snow Lepord. And now with Maverick, those two apps won’t run at all. So, does anyone have a solution to emboss from a Mac? Or is the only solution is to still run Windows? Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Embossing from a Mac..
According to the Apache web site, Apache Open office supposedly works with VO now, but last I tried it I could only access menu bar items and couldn't actually work with the text in the document. That's been a while so maybe they fixed it again. LibreOffice claims the same thing. Did you try them or was this info from a web page. Both are free so it costs nothing to give them a whirl. CB On 1/2/14 3:51 PM, Daniel Hawkins wrote: Hello everyone, Once again, I have another question for here. Long story short my sister have been blind for years and I just recently lost my vision. However I jumped to a Mac right away, but my sister is transiting from Windows XP to Mac. One problem she had was learning Duxbury, there was none here to teach her. So I did research allay, and I found out that you can print braille using Openoffice or libreOffice. With a odt2 extension. Now here is a kicker, Appentenly LibreOffice and OpenOffice is not accessible on a Mac, only on Snow Lepord. And now with Maverick, those two apps won’t run at all. So, does anyone have a solution to emboss from a Mac? Or is the only solution is to still run Windows? Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- ¯\_(?)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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Ok, thanks for letting me know on that. I have no experience with Duxbury, so i will pass that along to my sister. Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 2, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Daniel, I'm not sure if this topic was recently discussed on this list or another. However, I did received a recent post on the Duxbury list serve stating that once 11.2 is released, creating and dedicating time for a Mac Duxbury version is high on the priority list. Who knows when it will be released, but there are plenty of us who are using a Mac and would really like to emboss with it. Hence, I am still running my Dell laptop using Win 7 to emboss. HTH. Eileen On Jan 2, 2014, at 12:51 PM, Daniel Hawkins computersassocia...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, Once again, I have another question for here. Long story short my sister have been blind for years and I just recently lost my vision. However I jumped to a Mac right away, but my sister is transiting from Windows XP to Mac. One problem she had was learning Duxbury, there was none here to teach her. So I did research allay, and I found out that you can print braille using Openoffice or libreOffice. With a odt2 extension. Now here is a kicker, Appentenly LibreOffice and OpenOffice is not accessible on a Mac, only on Snow Lepord. And now with Maverick, those two apps won’t run at all. So, does anyone have a solution to emboss from a Mac? Or is the only solution is to still run Windows? Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Embossing from a Mac..
I did research on that. Even Apple said that LibreOffice, and OpenOffice is fully accessible . When I looked around, the last accessible format was on Lion, and Openoffice 3. The Wiki was looks like last updated in 2009. When I had my Mountain Lion, Openoffice and libreoffice worked, just can’t hear what I typed, but if I hit VO l, it will read back to me just fine. I found a text reader extensions, but the real problem is that the two apps just won’t run on Maverick, and i see that others are having that problem. So, for us on the Mac it is Text Edit, or Pages... Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit On Jan 2, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: According to the Apache web site, Apache Open office supposedly works with VO now, but last I tried it I could only access menu bar items and couldn't actually work with the text in the document. That's been a while so maybe they fixed it again. LibreOffice claims the same thing. Did you try them or was this info from a web page. Both are free so it costs nothing to give them a whirl. CB On 1/2/14 3:51 PM, Daniel Hawkins wrote: Hello everyone, Once again, I have another question for here. Long story short my sister have been blind for years and I just recently lost my vision. However I jumped to a Mac right away, but my sister is transiting from Windows XP to Mac. One problem she had was learning Duxbury, there was none here to teach her. So I did research allay, and I found out that you can print braille using Openoffice or libreOffice. With a odt2 extension. Now here is a kicker, Appentenly LibreOffice and OpenOffice is not accessible on a Mac, only on Snow Lepord. And now with Maverick, those two apps won’t run at all. So, does anyone have a solution to emboss from a Mac? Or is the only solution is to still run Windows? Thanks! Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbook Pro 2012 15in. Macbook Pro 2.3 Quad-core i7 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD Dual Boot: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
