Hi Eric. I installed the braille blaster a while ago, and it did not work, has there been any improvements recently.
Best regards Annie. > Den 20/11/2014 kl. 19.11 skrev erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com>: > > Hi Tim, > > There is a package called brailleblaster at www.brailleblaster.org > <http://www.brailleblaster.org/>. It works on mac, and does a nice job, but > the installation is not simple. As the package is free and open source, and > as they really are interested in making the package more functional, perhapse > before you spend serious time and money on windows alternatives you could get > some tech support from the brailleblaster comummunity and get the thing up > and running. Then if you like it, you could donate to the project. I’m sure > you could get some one to help you rmotely over the phone or by remote > assistance on that basis and it would save you a lot of money as well as > helping the project. > > By the by, Braille displays have had much more and better support put into > them than braille embossers and for some excellent reasons. Braille displays > are both smaller and cheeper. They require no paper and significantly reduce > waste. They are quieter. They allow you to do everything on the fly. > > It’s getting very hard to justify embossers for anything other than > production environments. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > > > > On Nov 19, 2014, at 4:23 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com > <mailto: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/ <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 > <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. 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