[BlindMath] [EXTERNAL] Canute 360

Thu Mar 24 10:03:51 UTC 2022

When you consider that Canute displays 9 lines of up to 40 cells, the
advantages for specific subjects such as mathematics and music can be
seriously beneficial.

Creating BRF (Braille Ready Format) files is relatively easy these days, and
unless you absolutely MUST have paper copy, can save paper.

>From a cost perspective, the cost per cell is a fraction of that of a
regular display, so has it's place, even if in addition to.

George

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On question 1: probably yes. It's a multiple line display designed for
document reading, so it should be suitable for reading displayed equations,
matrices, tables, etc.

On question 2: you can use any braille translation software for this which
supports mathematics and which can create BRF files. The accuracy will
depend on the chosen software and on the nature of the source document.

On question 3: it's a book reading device, not a braille display designed to
be used with a screen reader interactively - so, to the best of my
knowledge, it isn't supported by JAWS and it isn't really designed to be.
The Canute isn't supposed to replace your braille display for using a screen
reader.

I have used one briefly in a demonstration at the CSUN Conference. Reviews
and probably recorded demonstrations should be available on the Web. The
refresh rate is fairly slow, but you can read the first few lines of the
display while it continues to refresh the remaining lines. It's also
somewhat noisy due to the mechanical actuators used. Only six-dot braille is
supported. Some diagrams can be represented using six-dot braille cells, but
apart from this, there is no graphics capability.

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Hello,

I was looking into the Canute 360 and have a few questions about it:

1. Is the Canute 360 a helpful device to have for mathematics?
2. I read that the Canute 360 uses BRF and PEF files input into it. If a
file is readable by a screen reader (for example a Microsoft Word or HTML
file), is it easy to convert it into those file types?
3. Is the Canute 360 compatible with JAWS?

I'm also interested to hear if anyone has worked with it before and their
experience working with it.

Thank you,
Nicholas

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