Re: Braille on the Mac

2016-02-09 Thread ilkka . pirttimaa
So, do you need braille font? If yes, there are some already installed in osx: http://www.tsbvi.edu/math/141-resources/resources-1/1087-download-braille-and-asl-specialty-fonts Lähetetty iPhonesta > Jeff Berwick kirjoitti 25.1.2016 kello 2.04: > > Thanks Erick. We have a braille, but she need

Re: Braille on the Mac

2016-01-24 Thread Jeff Berwick
Thanks Erick. We have a braille, but she needs to transmit it electronically...The search continues... Thx, Jeff > On Jan 24, 2016, at 11:13 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > > Well, no but neither would perkyduck. They're just keyboards. That would be > great for her own practice, but wouldn't

Re: Braille on the Mac

2016-01-24 Thread erik burggraaf
Well, no but neither would perkyduck. They're just keyboards. That would be great for her own practice, but wouldn't give her visual representations of dots. Duxbury would automatically translate to braille on windows. Louis or Brailleblaster would do on mac, but that would be kind'a cheetin

Re: Braille on the Mac

2016-01-24 Thread Jeff Berwick
Will that allow her to share the Braille file for marking? I think it has to be the actual braille so they can mark her proficiency. > On Jan 23, 2016, at 3:06 PM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: > > Hi jeff,, > > Perkyduck is just a braille keyboard. If that's all she needs, go with > mbraille on IO

Re: Braille on the Mac

2016-01-23 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi jeff,, Perkyduck is just a braille keyboard.  If that's all she needs, go with mbraille on IOS. Best, Erik Sent from TypeApp On Jan 23, 2016, 2:25 PM, at 2:25 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: >Hi all, > >My wife is taking a braille course via correspondence and will need to >send braille to som

Braille on the Mac

2016-01-23 Thread Jeff Berwick
Hi all, My wife is taking a braille course via correspondence and will need to send braille to somebody for review. The suggested program is Duxbury Perky Duck, but this does not seem to have a Mac version. Does anybody have any suggestions for another program to work on Mac or IOS to accompl

Re: braille on the mac

2014-02-18 Thread Jessica
has anyone heard of or used the following application for writing in Braille? I might purchase it if I cannot find a free program that is "safe" for the mac. it's called heading level 1 Braille Writer Student It costs $5.99 and is available in the mac appStore. If anyone has used it, what can you

Re: braille on the mac

2014-02-18 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Eric. I think it is: www.brailleblaster.org. I am not sure, but I couldn't open the page you sent. Do you know when the newest brailleblaster has been released. Best regards Annie. Den 18 Feb 2014 kl. 02:11 skrev erik burggraaf : > Hi, On the subject of braille for mac, brailleblaster is loo

braille on the mac

2014-02-17 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, On the subject of braille for mac, brailleblaster is looking for qualified testers, documenters and utility people who can do things such as building installer packages. http://www.braileblaster.com. Best, Erik Burggraaf Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://ww

Re: Electronic braille on the Mac

2013-07-22 Thread Eugenia Firth
Is there not a braille font in TeutEdit? I believe I rememeaer seeing it. It may just work in grade 1 for all I know. I haven't tried it. Regards, Gigi On Jul 22, 2013, at 11:35 AM, "Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr." wrote: > How do I create electronic braille files on the Mac. > > I am teaching

Re: Electronic braille on the Mac

2013-07-22 Thread Teresa Cochran
I've been using Louis for years. Here's the link: http://www.cucat.org/projects/louis/ HtH, Teresa On Jul 22, 2013, at 9:39 AM, eric oyen wrote: > one of the items you will need is a braille font (there are free sources for > this royalty free font on the web). There may also be other tools, bu

Re: Electronic braille on the Mac

2013-07-22 Thread Cait and Maggie
Teresa, thanks for posting the web site for Louis. I'm tired of fiddling with duxbury and the other OS, lol Cait On 2013-07-22, at 1:14 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > I've been using Louis for years. Here's the link: > http://www.cucat.org/projects/louis/ > > HtH, > Teresa > On Jul 22, 2013, at

Re: Electronic braille on the Mac

2013-07-22 Thread eric oyen
one of the items you will need is a braille font (there are free sources for this royalty free font on the web). There may also be other tools, but I would have to research them to see if they would work. There are others on here who may have substantially more information than I do. -eric On

Electronic braille on the Mac

2013-07-22 Thread Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.
How do I create electronic braille files on the Mac. I am teaching braille to a sighted person, ad they report the latest version of Perky Duck is not compatible with the latest Mac OS operating system. thanks, Antonio -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

Re: Inputting with grade two braille on the Mac.

2011-07-23 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
go to your settings for Braille and set it for Contracted Braille >> input. That is quite easy to do. >> >> - Original Message - From: "Caitlyn Furness" >> >> To: >> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 12:48 PM >> Subject: Re: Inputting with grade

Re: Inputting with grade two braille on the Mac.

2011-07-22 Thread carolyn Haas
uot; > > To: > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 12:48 PM > Subject: Re: Inputting with grade two braille on the Mac. > > > Input in grade 2 would be awesome! I've gotten pretty fast at inputting in > computer braille out of necisity, but prefer grade 2. > > Caitly

Re: Inputting with grade two braille on the Mac.

2011-07-22 Thread David Tanner
Well, go to your settings for Braille and set it for Contracted Braille input. That is quite easy to do. - Original Message - From: "Caitlyn Furness" To: Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 12:48 PM Subject: Re: Inputting with grade two braille on the Mac. Input in grade

Re: Inputting with grade two braille on the Mac.

2011-07-22 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi there! My braille is a little rusty! So does this mean you've got to put dots 5 and 6 before each letter to tell the Mac that the following item is a letter and not a word! That's of course if I remembered that right! Colin On 22 Jul 2011, at 22:26, Vaughn Bennison wrote: > Hi, > > I don't k

Re: Inputting with grade two braille on the Mac.

2011-07-22 Thread Vaughn Bennison
Hi, I don't know about the iPad, but it works fine on the iPhone, and not at all under lion!!! Every time I try to input anything, it takes all of the letters as their words. Forexample, the word "mail" comes up as "moreailike". Very strange! Vaughn.On 23/07/2011, at 5:18 AM, carolyn Haas w

Re: Inputting with grade two braille on the Mac.

2011-07-22 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi listers: I have a related question: I believe this may have been discussed, but I'm finally getting fluent enough with the Braillino to pair with things. I've found it doesn't work nearly as well with iPad as with iPhone. And this makes no sense since it's the same OS. With the iPhone, I c

Re: Inputting with grade two braille on the Mac.

2011-07-22 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Input in grade 2 would be awesome! I've gotten pretty fast at inputting in computer braille out of necisity, but prefer grade 2. Caitlyn On Jul 17, 2011, at 11:46 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > I think it's not likely since the what's new made no mention of it, but that > doesn't stop me from ho

Re: Inputting with grade two braille on the Mac.

2011-07-17 Thread erik burggraaf
I think it's not likely since the what's new made no mention of it, but that doesn't stop me from hoping. Best, Erik Burggraaf Introducing the Ebony consulting announcements list, A monthly newsletter about services, events, promotions, and other information on access technology consulting. T

Inputting with grade two braille on the Mac.

2011-07-17 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi All. I connected my Essys to my Mac this afternoon via Bluetooth and was disappointed to see that we can only input in grade one braille although the braille display will show grade two. As those of you know if we connect braille devices to the I phone we can input into grade two braille.

Re: producing braille on the mac

2010-12-09 Thread Teresa Cochran
The documentation is inside the package contents of the app. You should be able to bring up the shortcut menu for the app and choose the "show contents" option. On Dec 9, 2010, at 5:33 AM, richard watson wrote: > is it possible to download louis documentation? > found the source and the actual pr

Re: producing braille on the mac

2010-12-09 Thread richard watson
On 12/9/10, erik burggraaf wrote: > That would be louis. The only drawback is that you need a serial or > bluetooth embosser. USB and network are not supported, and since there are > no serial ports on current macs and there aren't that many bluetooth enabled > embossers, you have to get a littl

Re: producing braille on the mac

2010-12-09 Thread richard watson
is it possible to download louis documentation? found the source and the actual program on the website but no mention of docs. thanks rick On 12/9/10, erik burggraaf wrote: > That would be louis. The only drawback is that you need a serial or > bluetooth embosser. USB and network are not suppo

Re: producing braille on the mac

2010-12-09 Thread erik burggraaf
That would be louis. The only drawback is that you need a serial or bluetooth embosser. USB and network are not supported, and since there are no serial ports on current macs and there aren't that many bluetooth enabled embossers, you have to get a little creative. Best, Erik Burggraaf User

producing braille on the mac

2010-12-08 Thread richard watson
Good afternoon list, is there a reliable software package to allow one to emboss braille files on the mac. generating them from text documents or word processing documents... thanks rick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post