Hi all.

I know that indexbraille ought to support mac at least with their new printers.

There is a format called pef which at least robobraille supports and that can 
work on mac with indexbraille, and I think they have made a new driver.

Best regards Annie.
> Den 19/11/2014 kl. 22.42 skrev gkearney <gkear...@gmail.com>:
> 
> 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.robobraille.org
> 
> For embossing from a Mac see the following instructions: 
> http://www.cbtbc.org/tools/embosser/
> 
> For reading BRF files on a Mac see these instructions: 
> 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 
> 
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