It’s purpose is to have braille output at your finger tips. These devices willl be easier to carry and some of them can do more than braille. Some are almost like our iPhones and can do some of the same things but not all. > On Nov 19, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Thanks Scott. What exactly does a Braille display do? > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Nov 19, 2014, at 14:27, Scott Berry <sb356...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Yes there are also braille displays. You can get those through Humanware >> and Freedom Scientific. You can also get them through Baum. There are >> others but this is the one that come to mind right now. >> >> >>> On Nov 19, 2014, at 2:23 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Thanks for all your answers so far. I’m assuming from your responses that >>> Duxbury is software and Eileen and David offered two embossers, the >>> Juliette and the Tiger. Doing some Internet searching resulted in this >>> site >>> >>> http://www.cucat.org/projects/louis/ >>> >>> about the Louis Braille package which appears to have a Mac version, >>> although I’m not sure of it’s quality. >>> >>> By the sounds of things, I’ll need to either purchase a Windows machine, >>> not what I really want to do, or put BootCamp onto a Mac and go from there. >>> As long as the embosser will connect. Scott, at this point, they haven’t >>> given me much info on what specifically they wish to do, so, I’m not sure >>> that I can properly answer your questions. >>> >>> Are there other options when using Braille other than a physical embosser? >>> Sorry, if this is a dumb question as I’ve not dealt much with Braille >>> peripherals. I was a stubborn child, didn’t learn Grade 1 Braille until I >>> was a teenager, but really have only used it for playing card games and >>> demonstrations to various groups. >>> >>> All help is appreciated. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>>> On Nov 19, 2014, at 14:04, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> My current favourite braille embosser is the Tiger from View Plus. >>>> Unfortunately, it only works with Windows. Tiger has the best tactile >>>> graphics I have used. >>>> >>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On 20 Nov 2014, at 05:51, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> I have been asked to recommend a Braille Embosser and necessary >>>>> translation software for a student in one of our schools. Do any of the >>>>> Braille users on this list have any recommendations for me? >>>>> >>>>> Later... >>>>> >>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. > > -- > 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.
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