It is too bad that you have given up on braille on the Mac. Certainly there are some things I don't like and I continue to use brltty in the terminal but I do not at all find it unusable.
-- 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 Nov 19, 2014, at 3:53 PM, Eileen Misrahi <eileen.misr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I forgot to mention about using a braille display with the Mac. Unless it is > just me and inexperience in using my Braille Note with my MacBook Air, I have > given up in voiceover. I have had difficulty navigating in TextEdit, and > Safari, as well as on the finder. Using the Braille Note with JAWS or > Window-Eyes is my preference at this time. Maybe others can give me pointers > on how to be more efficient using a braille display with my Mac. > > Thanks. > > Eileen > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 19, 2014, at 1:42 PM, gkearney <gkear...@gmail.com > <mailto:gkear...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> OK we have two issues here. One is generating Braille files, sometimes >> called BRF file and the other is embossing the files. >> >> The only option for translation on Mac right now is to use liblouis you can >> do this either online or from a program. Another option is to use the >> robobraille service >> http://www.cbtbc.org/braille/ <http://www.cbtbc.org/braille/> >> http://www.robobraille.org <http://www.robobraille.org/> >> >> For embossing from a Mac see the following instructions: >> http://www.cbtbc.org/tools/embosser/ <http://www.cbtbc.org/tools/embosser/> >> >> For reading BRF files on a Mac see these instructions: >> http://www.cbtbc.org/tools/macbrf/ <http://www.cbtbc.org/tools/macbrf/> >> >> It is possible to run the Windows program Braille2000 as a Wine application >> on the Mac which means that it will run more or less like a stand alone >> Windows program and will not require an install of windows itself. I have >> never tried but would doubt that Duxbury would be able to do the same given >> it's rather extensive copy protection. >> >> >> On Wednesday, 19 November 2014 08:51:07 UTC-8, Tim Kilburn 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 >> <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 >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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 > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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.
