Hmm. Interesting. It sounds like the keystrokes are based on their physical location on the keyboard, rather than on a letter-word association. I can see where that would be awkward for some. I wonder if it was a way to avoid having to create different keystrokes for different localizations.
thanks for the feedback. Cheers, Donna On Jun 6, 2011, at 11:01 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi Donna, It sounds like you could get by without braille support since you > don't need it to drive the application as some of my clients would. As soon > as you save your scanned document as a text file your access is complete for > your purposes. I'm happy enough with this arrangement myself but for some of > my clients it's no option. > > Keysrokes, OK, to start reading press the letter E. To speed up the voice on > the fly press shift Q. To slow down the speech on the fly press shift Z. I > just can't find a good cognitive way to teach this to my clients. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > User support consultant, > Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, > 1-888-255-5194 > http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2011-06-06, at 10:36 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Hi Erik, >> >> thanks for giving such a detailed response. could you say more about a >> couple of the things you mentioned? >> >> I've been doing a lot of thinking re what I want in terms of braille. One >> thought that has occurred to me is that I can translate a txt file into brf >> format on my BSP, so perhaps having the ability to translate it on the Mac >> is less important. I still have a PC with Duxbury on it, for those rare >> occasions when I actually need to print out a hard copy in braille. with >> this in mind, does your assessment of the braille support change at all? >> >> Second, what do you mean by " terrible keystrokes?" Could you give a couple >> of examples? >> >> thanks again, >> Donna >> >> On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:24 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: >> >>> Hi Donna, >>> >>> as you are a braille user, Eyepal may not be the best option for you right >>> now. Although you can work around it, the loss of braille has crippled the >>> product considerably. When I wrote that it wasn't ready for primetime, I >>> was using old hardware and software. I'm more than happy to recommend the >>> current offering for what it is and as far as it goes. >>> >>> I have an Eyepal here and I like it much better than k1000 on a vm for pure >>> convenience. It does see a page and recognize it extrordinarily well. It >>> looks nice on a desktop. It's fantastic for scanning large amounts of >>> material at once. >>> >>> Lac of direct braille support, terrible key assignments, abominable speech, >>> and no voiceover integration are inconveniences I've decided are worth >>> putting up with until a genuine mac software emerges which they assure me >>> will happen at some point. Hopefully soon, since Docuscan has shown up as >>> a possible better alternative considering the mac Integration. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Erik Burggraaf >>> User support consultant, >>> Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, >>> 1-888-255-5194 >>> http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >>> >>> On 2011-06-06, at 9:42 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I have to make a decision about what I'm going to do to upgrade my >>>> scanning setup. As I recall, when last discussed, the consensus seemed to >>>> be that Abisee wasn't quite ready for prime-time. 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