Hi Soren, That makes sense. I was confused by your post, smile. Now it makes sense.
Allison On May 31, 2010, at 5:03 PM, Søren Jensen wrote: > Hi. > > I'm sorry that I forgot to read what I wrote before I posted my mail. I wrote: >>> 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. > But I ment: >>> I don't think it's possible to use Braille displays or Braille devices with >>> Voiceoverwhich only supports serial connections, simply because VOiceover >>> only supports Braille displays via bluetooth and USB connections. > I hope that makes it clear what I ment, and again, sorry... Lol. > Best regards > Søren Jensen > Mail & MSN: > s...@coolfortheblind.dk > Website: > http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ > > On May 31, 2010, at 9:01 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > >> Hi Søren, >> >> I thought I'd weigh in on this topic. As someone who has had trouble with >> her HumanWare Braille display, I can safely say that it is possible to use a >> braille display with VoiceOver. I have had some troubles hooking up my >> BrailleNote because the version of Keysoft I have is very old. But that's >> not HumanWare's fault. I don't know which displays work with VoiceOver >> unless I look at the list of supported displays. My BrailleNote works via a >> Bluetooth connection. Has anyone had any experience with this? >> >> Allison >> >> On May 31, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Søren Jensen wrote: >> >>> 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. 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