please pass responses to the original sender and if you are a member of
the list on which this discussion began, I appologize for the
duplication but it is worthwhile that these activities commense.

We should probably publish all kinds of stuff like this.

----- Original Message -----
From: "W. Nick Dotson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: K1K and Braille displays


A brief examination of the manual, and other supportive documentation
will yield the understanding that K1000 itself,
does not directly support braille displays, rather it has Display modes
designed to make it easier to use K1000 with the
braille display drivers used by manufacturers of screen readers, who's
speech you've silenced while in K1000.
Therefore, the problem becomes one of configuring the screen reader's
configuration running to work appropriately with
the driver's you are using to support the braille display which are
provided by the manufacturers of your screen reader,
and the built-in capabilities of the braille display and how well they
can be integrated with the afore mentioned hardware
and software...  (deep breath)

I for one would be eager to hear of appropriate suggestions for settings
to be used with HAL, JFW and WinEyes that
people are using to optimize the efficacy of the use of their various
braille displays with K1000.  In particular, as a selfish
individual, I'd like to have suggestions concerning use of those screen
readers with the Braille Note.




On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 22:50:25 -0500, Wayne Merritt wrote:

>Hi all. I'm going for an evaluation of Braille displays, that I finally
got
>my state agency to pay for, on Wednesday, and I'm wondering what
Braille
>displays people have used that have worked well with K1000. What are
the
>good points, the bad points; the likes and dislikes you have; and
generally
>what your overall experiences have been with your display and Kurzweil
>working together? I'm leaving tomorrow evening for the evaluation, so
sorry
>for the late notice. If you'd like to get back with me off list, then
that's
>fine as well; it doesn't matter. But, I would like to hear from someone
>about their experiences. Also, I don't mean to press the time thing,
but it
>would help me out a lot to not find out what I could have bought, after
the
>fact.
>
>I have heard of a new Braille display put out by HumanWare, called the
>Braille Star. Does anyone know how well this would work with Kurzweil?
The
>reason I ask about this one specifically, is because one of its
features is
>that it can save up to 4 megabytes of space inside the unit. Meaning,
one
>could save the documentation, and some other documents including books,
>which looks appealing to me.
>
>Thanks,
>Wayne Merritt
>Check out what I'm currently working on in my website design class:
>http://people.unt.edu/wcm0004
>Email me at:
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>
>
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