I’m not going to say much in reply to this given that Braille Displays are getting to the point of being off-topic for the list<smile>, but I will say that I have been using them for 10 years and they’re an incredible help to a user of a computer in so many ways, you get a better picture of the layout of the Screen for one thing and - when it comes to audio - you can do so much more, look at notes whilst you’re broadcasting, read live eMail messages and chats whilst on the air without making a sound etc.
Wit the new generation of Braille Display - in this case the Freedom Scientific Focus 40 - there’s even more power again with the addition of the Perkins style Braille keyboard, I told you how I’ve programmed the keyboard to control Skype and I’m sure I’ve only touched the surface, Freedom Scientific are on a winner with this one. > On 19 Oct 2015, at 2:23 PM, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For Jaws, yeah as far as I remember. I went threw a braille display faze when > I heard Jonathan Mosen used 1. So I just did it like a little kid would. Hay > Jonathan does so I will too. I'm not the best braille reader and don't bother > with it much but like I just said, I had that faze. Lol. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 8:54 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Subject: Re: Skype Doesn't Get Much Better Than This > > I suppose the easiest way around it is to locate the buttons on the screen - > easy once you know where they are - and press the router button above it, if > its the same as the Mac then that button will be activated right? > >> On 19 Oct 2015, at 11:37 AM, Brent Harding <br...@hostany.net> wrote: >> >> That's one good thing about Mac that I don't know if Windows has. Jaws >> scripting is one of those elusive things where there isn't a good tutorial >> available that doesn't cost a lot. I'm thinking of wanting to program keys >> for other types of phone programs, so one wouldn't have to fumble around for >> hold, answer, etc, or whatever one needed. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" >> <grtd...@internode.on.net> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:12 PM >> Subject: Re: Skype Doesn't Get Much Better Than This >> >> >> That’s something I’m about to find out <smile>. >> >> I didn’t have to do all that much with the Mac at all, there’s a place in >> the VoiceOver Braille section where you can define shortcuts and actions >> from the Braille Display and this includes chorded commands, front panel >> commands and so on, I didn’t think it would be so easy and honestly thought >> that I’d have to use a Macro editor for the Mac, I have some of those. The >> other way I thought it might be possible to control things from the Display >> itself was by the use of the “Automator”, similar to scripting if you like >> but its probably best compared to the old DOS JAWS versions Macro editor >> where you select the functions you want in the order you want and thus >> select the actions you wish taken. >> >> >>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 9:48 AM, Brent Harding <br...@hostany.net> wrote: >>> >>> I don't know if JFW or other Windows screen readers have a way to program >>> these things easily. I wonder how one would do it to control Skype or other >>> phone programs, if you don't know how to write script? >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "N K Shackelford" <nance62l...@gmail.com> >>> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 10:14 PM >>> Subject: RE: Skype Doesn't Get Much Better Than This >>> >>> >>> Wonder if I could do the same thing with a Braille Edge?? We're still >>> trying to get it to read what I'm doing on the computer, but for some >>> reason, it won't. >>> >>> Nance >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >>> Trethowan >>> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 7:20 PM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Subject: Skype Doesn't Get Much Better Than This >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> I’ve had a Focus 40 Braille Display now for just over a fortnight and these >>> devices are truly amazing. >>> >>> So you’re asking, what does a Braille Display have to do with audio? Well >>> normally not a lot but in my case quite a bit. >>> >>> I’ve done some programming of the display so that I can perform various >>> functions using chorded commands from the perkins style keyboard behind the >>> row of 40 Braille cells. >>> >>> I can for example manipulate Skype by using chords to answer/end calls, put >>> calls on hold, merge calls together etc, I’m using the Mac to do this but I >>> can’t see any reason why this couldn’t be done on a Windows PC. >>> >>> Its absolutely glorious being able to read and take notes on a Braille >>> display whilst chatting, I find listening to a computer voice whilst >>> talking a major annoyance. >>> >>> So here I am sitting comfortably on my couch with my Mac on the desk, my >>> headphones on and my Braille display on my knee typing away and ready to >>> answer any incoming Skype calls at the touch of a spacebar-A chord on the >>> display, it just doesn’t get much better than this. >>> >>> >>> ********** >>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the >>> halfwits in this world behind. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> ********** >> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the >> halfwits in this world behind. >> >> >> >> >> > > ********** > Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the > halfwits in this world behind. > > > > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
