[gui-talk] Keyboard Input Problems With Perky Duck

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

This has come up on the Duxbury support mailing list.  I don't know what
keyboards are recommended nowadays, but many of them don't work.  You may
need to hook a braille notetaker to your PC (even a braille 'n speak) for
braille input.  Don't know that you could use it for input into Perky Duck,
however.  I also think that Technovision Systems in England made or sell a
keyboard or accessory that works.


Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Rob Tabor
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:33 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: [gui-talk] Keyboard Input Problems With Perky Duck
> 
> Good evening, all.
> 
> Yesterday evening I installed and attempted to use Perky Duck. For those
> who are not familiar, Perky Duck is a free simulation braille (SimBrl)
> editor which translates ascii or ansi code print characters into English
> literary braille code as you type, which is done by "chording"the S, D, F,
> J, K, and L keys on the qwerty keyboard as if they were input keys on a
> manual Perkins Brailler. My purpose in stalling Perky Duck is to begin
> steps toward becoming a LOC certified braille transcriber. However, I am
> not getting accurate input on a consistent basis as only some of the keys
> register into the op system which causes the software to mistranslate
> letters. someone on a city bus suggested it is a keyboard issue, but I
> have no trouble with this keyboard in other applications including MS-
> Word, Excel, OE, Goldwave, MSIE 7, Winamp, etc.
> Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
> Best regards
> Rob Tabor
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