Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-08-01 Thread Julie Rattray
Hi, I was using the index inbuilt translation but found it used to do odd things in the text like braille a D instead of N etc - this could have been a settings thing but it drove me mad so I ended up purchasing Duxburry > On 26 Jul 2019, at 18:15, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > THe Index

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-26 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! THe Index Everest do the translation on board and to me this is very very good. I had the Blista Btec 100 and no driver for it so i couldn’t emboss on the mac. /A > 24 juli 2019 kl. 22:57 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hey Erik, > > I haven't. The things I heard about it

RE: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-26 Thread Simon Fogarty
for the device. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ibraheem Fakir Sent: Friday, 26 July 2019 1:17 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice The connection method was USB. I recall the issue being in t

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-25 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, Liblouis is an open source, cross-platform braille translation API. It is the guts of brltty I believe, and it was the basis for louis braille translater forr mac. I believe brailleblaster had implemented liblouis as well. I mean, why re-invent the wheel, right? Hope this helps, Erik

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-25 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
have? > > -Original Message- > From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > Sent: Thursday, 25 July 2019 12:15 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice > > Hey Ibrahim, > > I have no idea if th

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-25 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
Hey there, I tried it with the phoenix. Hope that helps. All best, Ibraheem > On Jul 24, 2019, at 2:16 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > What embosser did you tried with? > I can try it with my Everest 4 here. > /A > >> 24 juli 2019 kl. 14:14 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> : >

RE: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
True Petrus Very true, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Thursday, 25 July 2019 6:04 AM To: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice Hi! But if you connect a

RE: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
2:15 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice Hey Ibrahim, I have no idea if that issue has been addressed, but if you find out, I'd love to know the answer. I'd love to get down to just one computer some day. Cheers, Donna > On J

RE: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
ps.com On Behalf Of Ibraheem Fakir Sent: Thursday, 25 July 2019 12:11 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice Hey Simon, thanks for the suggestion. I’ll look into the refurbished models. Are there any specs I should strongly consider when tryi

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Is it Louis or Liblouis? The latter I found in a search and its version 3.0.3. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 7/24/2019 5:25 PM, alia robinson wrote: I don’t. I remember I had to wipe my compu

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread alia robinson
I don’t. I remember I had to wipe my computer and it took me literally ages to find it again! I just looked and I cannot find it *anywhere* On Jul 24, 2019, at 8:21 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: Do you happen to have the link to the developer's site? -- The following information is

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Do you happen to have the link to the developer's site? From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 7/24/2019 5:17 PM, alia robinson wrote: Louis-3.0.0 On Jul 24, 2019, at 8:17 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionarie

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread alia robinson
Louis-3.0.0 On Jul 24, 2019, at 8:17 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: What version is your copy of Louis? >From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 7/24/2019 3:34 PM, alia robinson wrote: > tell tha

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
What version is your copy of Louis? From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 7/24/2019 3:34 PM, alia robinson wrote: tell that to Mojave a because that’s what I’m using it on. On Jul 24, 2019, at 6:08 P

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread alia robinson
tell that to Mojave a because that’s what I’m using it on. On Jul 24, 2019, at 6:08 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: Is Louis still being developed? It is not compatible with Mojave and sure won't be with Catalina. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Vi

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Is Louis still being developed? It is not compatible with Mojave and sure won't be with Catalina. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 7/24/2019 2:06 PM, alia robinson wrote: it works just fine to m

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread alia robinson
it works just fine to me, but I use louis on mac. it is super simple, and super easy. On Jul 24, 2019, at 4:57 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hey Erik, I haven't. The things I heard about it weren't very positive, and since I already owned Duxbury and had a PC, I've just stuck

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hey Erik, I haven't. The things I heard about it weren't very positive, and since I already owned Duxbury and had a PC, I've just stuck with that. Cheers, Donna > On Jul 24, 2019, at 3:41 PM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: > > Hi Donna,Have you experimented with APH brailleblaster? It served me well

Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi Donna,Have you experimented with APH brailleblaster? It served me well on windows in the days when it was developed by abilitysoft, but I had a hard time with it on mac. Since APH took over development I haven't had embossers to experiment with and have always been curious to whether they

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! What embosser did you tried with? I can try it with my Everest 4 here. /A > 24 juli 2019 kl. 14:14 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hey Ibrahim, > > I have no idea if that issue has been addressed, but if you find out, I'd > love to know the answer. I'd love to get down to

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! But if you connect an external keyboard the problem is gone. /A > 24 juli 2019 kl. 01:01 skrev Petrus Tuerlings : > > I think it is because the Touch Bar replaces the physical function keys. Like > I said, I am only going by what I have been told when I was looking to buy my > first Mac. I

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hey Ibrahim, I have no idea if that issue has been addressed, but if you find out, I'd love to know the answer. I'd love to get down to just one computer some day. Cheers, Donna > On Jul 24, 2019, at 7:08 AM, Ibraheem Fakir wrote: > > Hey Donna, > > Thankfully, I have a windows copy of Duxbu

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
Hey Simon, thanks for the suggestion. I’ll look into the refurbished models. Are there any specs I should strongly consider when trying to find the best machine to accomplish what I need with a virtual machine and bootcamp? I’m a little out of touch with tech specs and any advice you have on th

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
Hey Donna, Thankfully, I have a windows copy of Duxbury available. I recall in the past trying to emboss from a virtual machine using duxbury and running into issues with my mac not being able to detect the embosser. The only fix was to install windows on a bootcamp partition rather than a virt

RE: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
it's very slowly growing on me. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2019 11:01 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice I think it is because the Touch B

RE: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
m On Behalf Of Ibraheem Fakir Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2019 10:05 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice Hey,I actually didn’t know that. I wonder why that is. I also haven’t had a chance to tactfully explore the new keyboards. I’m upgrading f

RE: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Ibraheem Interesting requirements I've just recently been through the same thing finding a machine that would work for me in both cases, Windows through Bootcamp and Mac OS of course. I managed to get a refurbished Mac Book pro 2017 13 inch with the specs I wanted from the apple website un

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-23 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
I think it is because the Touch Bar replaces the physical function keys. Like I said, I am only going by what I have been told when I was looking to buy my first Mac. I actually love the modern keyboards, but I think I am in the minority. Sent from Petrus's iPhone > On 24/07/2019, at 10:05, Ib

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-23 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
Hey,I actually didn’t know that. I wonder why that is. I also haven’t had a chance to tactfully explore the new keyboards. I’m upgrading from a 2012 MacBook. Thanks for sharing! Ibraheem Mistakes sent from my iPhone > On Jul 23, 2019, at 4:15 PM, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: > > Hello Ibraheem,

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-23 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Hello Ibraheem, You probably know this already, but I don’t think you can use Windows on the Mac books that have a Touch Bar. I have a MacBook Pro 15 inch with the Touch Bar and have been told I can’t run windows on it, suits me fine as I don’t really want to. Sent from Petrus's iPhone > On 24

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

2019-07-23 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Ibrahim, Erik is probably right about virtualization, but I bought a MacBook Pro in 2017, after using an Air for eight years prior, and I really miss the light weight and portability of the Air. the Pros are nice, and still pretty portable, but the Air really comes out ahead in my opinion,

Re: In the market for a new laptop, your advice?

2019-07-23 Thread Erik Burggraaf
I think any modern apple device will be fine if you want bootcamp windows, but I would still recommend a pro model with solid state and upgraded ram for virtualization. Fusion really seems to kick the crap out of baseline models in my experience. Best, Erik On July 22, 2019 10:33:15 PM Ibr