Hi. Here are my thoughts: I don't think it's possible to use Braille displays or Braille devices with Voiceover simply because VOiceover only supports bluetooth and Braille displays through a USB connection. Jaws does only support Braille through serial connections which is being converted to USB using the serial to USB adapter or using a driver in either Jaws or in Windows. Therefore, a USB Braille display won't work with Jaws if there aren't a USB to serial converter driver installed which communicate with Jaws. Likewise, a serial Braille display won't work on a Mac until a serial to USB driver has been made specially to Voiceover and the Braile settings. It's not enough with a USB to serial converter without any driver. Please correct me if I'm wrong. It's only my thoughts. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
On May 31, 2010, at 4:48 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Dean, I was able to set my m20 up as a braille display using a usb to serial > no problem under window-eyes, and I'm assuming under jaws it would work the > same way. As long as the data parameters are set up properly the usb port > should function just like any other serial port. I was for sure able to use > windisk this way to move files two and from my braille lite m20. > > Jaws doesn't support any hardware anymore. Support comes from the > manufactures of the hardware. So I'm not surprised they played the no > support game, but that should not necessarily mean it doesn't work. > > Regarding the apple, my guess is no, this won't work. Oddly enough apple > officially supports all the devices on it's supported hardware list. I'm not > sure though if mac OS 10 even supports serial ports in the 10.5 and 10.6 > incarnations. Plus, there's no way in voiceover to force detection of legacy > hardware as far as I know. > > I left my usb to serial addapter at a clients house so I can't try it myself, > but I primarily wanted to chime in on jaws with usb to serial, since it seems > to me that this should work even though it's not "supported". > > Best, > > > Erik Burggraaf > User support consultant, > Website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > Toll-free: 888-255-5194 > > On 2010-05-31, at 10:17 AM, Dean Martineau wrote: > >> I suspect this may not have been tested, but should it work to use a >> Braille Lite Millennium with a USB to serial converter as a braille >> display using VoiceOver? this is an old Freedom Scientific device >> which I own and like for other reasons but which, oddly enough, one >> can't use as a display with JAWS since they don't support use of USB >> to serial converters. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Dean >> ,To find out about the week's news in adaptive technology, subscribe >> to Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday by sending a blank message to tttt- >> j...@topdotenterprises.com. (make sure you have 4 t's in the address!) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
