[nfbcs] help in locating serial to USB drivers for ABT380 Alva Braille display

[Mike Freeman]

I concur.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 8:24 AM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] help in locating serial to USB drivers for ABT380 Alva
Braille display

I say just hook it up, tell Jaws about it,  and see what happens.  At
least, that's what I'd do.  Sometimes that approach has gotten me in
trouble, and sometimes it's worked fine.  But I don't think it will
actually cause you any problems.  I think either it will work, or it
won't.
Tracy


> I am planning to update that information. Since this computer does not
> have
> a serial or parallel port, I have a serial to USB converter box to
> interface
> with the Braille display. I was told to get a driver that would drive the
> Braille display. I don't know if this is referring to a screen reader such
> as JAWS.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 8:42 AM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] help in locating serial to USB drivers for ABT380
> Alva
> Braille display
>
> Hi Lisa.
> I believe that the drivers for my Alva are in Jaws.  All I have to do when
> I
> attach it to a new computer, or install Jaws on a new computer, is to tell
> Jaws that I have a braille display, and pick Alva ABT3 from the list Jaws
> presents.
> I am not using a 64-bit machine, however.
> Have you tried hooking the Alva up to the PC, telling Jaws about it, and
> seeing what happens?  I think the worst that might happen is it won't see
> the Alva.
> HTH.
> Tracy
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am Lisa Hall from Cincinnati, Ohio. I have recently purchased a used
>> ABT380 braille display that have 80 cell display with serial and
>> parallel ports. I was also given a converter box that converts from
>> serial
> to USB.
>> I
>> was told I would need to locate a driver that would drive the Braille
>> display. I am using Windows 7 64-bit machine with JAWS 12 and plan to
>> upgrade to JAWS 13. Can anyone in this division who is an expert in
>> this area give me the name of a driver that I will need to find?
>>
>>
>>
>> For many years back in the DOS days, I used the Alva Braille display
>> back in the early to middle 90's and have used it in Windows NT
>> environments and DOS
>> 6.2 I think.  Since I obtained this Braille display at a bargain
>> price, it is my hope that I am not making a mistake by getting older
>> technology and hope it will work on newer machines. This will be used
>> on a desktop machine that was refurbished. I had this computer for a
>> year.
>>
>> I hope to hear from someone in this division who can be of assistance.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>> Lisa Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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