Hi Tim, A braille display shows in braille the content that is on the screen. It can also be used to control the Mac. I would add to the list that Scott mentioned the devicees made by Hims, the braille sense, and the braille Edge. The braille sense is a functioning note taker, so is more expensive. The braille edge, however, is lightweight, slim, very intuitive to use, and less expensive. Best, Donna
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 19, 2014, at 3:30 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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