[nfbcs] NVDA and Braille

[Rasmussen, Lloyd]

I think you have to go into NVDA's menus (insert-N) and tell it which type of braille display you are using and on which serial port it can be found. I don't know whether there is a text file somewhere that could be stuffed with the correct information. NVDA and JAWS are now using Liblouis for their braille translation engines. 

Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20542   202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls/
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress, NLS.


-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain via nfbcs
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 8:22 AM
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Cc: Christopher Chaltain
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] NVDA and Braille

You can download NVDA from http://www.nvaccess.org/download/

On 27/05/16 05:51, John J. Boyer via nfbcs wrote:
> Does NVDA detect the various Braille displays that are connected by USB
> automatically? Where can I download NVDA?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 06:20:33AM -0400, Ryan Mann via nfbcs wrote:
>> NVDA works with a variety of Braille Displays now.  The Focus and PacMate are a couple Braille displays it works with.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On May 27, 2016, at 6:04 AM, John J. Boyer via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> When I tried NVDA a few years ago i couldn't get it to work with my Pac
>>> Mate Braille display. BRLTTY recognizes the display automaticcally on my
>>> Debian system. What is the status of NVDA and Braille now?
>>>
>>> I have been trying to install Jaws 17 on a fresh copy of Windows 7, with
>>> all updates. It keeps hanging. The problem may be an older video driver.
>>> Previous versions of Jaws had no trouble. Have others had similar
>>> problems?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> John
>>>
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