Sure. My email is mehg...@gmail.com. It is actually a pretty easy
process, but is not done how you might expect.

On 9/1/11, Michael Busboom <m...@busboom.at> wrote:
> Hello Alex,
>
> This is helpful indeed.  I don't believe that pairing the Apex with the Mac
> is all that straightforward, and I believe that the problem lies with
> Humanware.
>
> For as expensive as the Apex is, I can't help but be disappointed in its
> software.  That's a different story for a different time, however.
>
> Based on what you wrote, as well as what Anne wrote, it appears that I'm
> covered, as far as English is concerned.
>
> May I contact you off the list to get some assistance with pairing the Mac
> and the Apex?  Either Skype or FaceTime would work for me.
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Mike
>
> On 1,Sep,2011, at 7:23 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
>
>> The apex under Lion acts very oddly; letters expand to their grade 2
>> words immediately, backspace and enter don't work, and you can't
>> assign commands. I have contacted Apple about this and they said they
>> would contact Humanware for an updated driver. However, Humanware says
>> that it is up to Apple, so who knows what will happen? Still, you can
>> read what vo says well enough, and the thumb keys do work for
>> navigation, interacting, and so on, so it may work for you until they
>> fix the driver and expand the apex's functionality under Lion. That,
>> though, is with a bluetooth connection; I'm not sure about USB.
>>
>> On 9/1/11, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote:
>>> Hello Mike,
>>>
>>> I've just been looking at Dragon Dictate for you, but it doesn't seem to
>>> work with German. I can find French and English, but nothing else. Have
>>> you
>>> contacted Nuance to ask them about it?
>>>
>>> As for your Braille display, I'm afraid I can't help there, either.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Anne
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1 Sep 2011, at 16:39, Michael Busboom wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> For a lot of health-related reasons that I won't go into, I need to
>>>> slowly
>>>> explore alternatives to keyboard input.  My thinking is that I would use
>>>> Nuance products; a recommendation for what to order would be needed.  I
>>>> would also like to use my BrailleNote Apex for Braille output.  To make
>>>> life easier for those who are kind enough to assist me, here are my
>>>> questions:
>>>>
>>>> 1.  I need voice input for both German and English.  Does Nuance or
>>>> someone else sell a multilingual voice input package that would fit the
>>>> bill?  I may be mistaken, but I don't believe that Apple sells or
>>>> produces
>>>> anything that would meet this need.
>>>>
>>>> 2.  I assume that speech recognition results are most promising if one
>>>> uses a good headset with a microphone.  what works best with the Mac?
>>>> As
>>>> long as I am purchasing a headset, I would also want it to work with
>>>> Skype, though if it didn't, it wouldn't be a show stopper.
>>>>
>>>> 3.  I have never successfully connected my BrailleNote Apex to the Mac
>>>> via
>>>> Bluetooth.  Does anyone know of any documentation that would describe
>>>> this
>>>> procedure in detail?  Perhaps a USB  connection would be better, and
>>>> comments on this thought are welcome.
>>>>
>>>> My sincerest thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
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