[BRLTTY] windows & apple support

[Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint]

hi

same customer with FreedomScientific Focus 80 i believe now.

does nvda and brltty work together well and not to painful to get them
talking to each other?

what options are there on apple mac laptops i am not sure which one
she thinking of getting but wants to know about assitance technology
on apple platform. does brltty work on apple? is there an similar open
source tool like nvda on apple?

mark


On 11 December 2015 at 22:59, Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint
<mark.croft.lug at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi
> can anyone help me.
>
>
> i just started as the driver for a blind woman that teaches & fix
> other blind peoples computers for them.
>
> I am also double up as helping out with more technie stuff like
> installing software and repairing windows computers.
>
> I was hoping that maybe i could steer some blind user to linux as a
> better solution and a lot cheaper options.
>
> One specific customer has had a virus on her windows XP computer and
> now in the market for a new computer.
>
> Her main requirement is to get her display thingy called
> /80 , neither of us have met the customer
> yet. So i will double check on the specific model , i was told it was
> not the blue 80.
>
> Person i am working for is not all the confident that linux is going
> to be the best solution for 99% of her clients. I am bit of up hill
> struggle too get her onboard with linux.
> She read your webiste about
> quote from her email "The Linux website is very out of date as most of
> the Braille products mentioned are no longer used."
>
> i guess i am lossing her already really which iis a shame only done
> one job with her so far.
>
> i guess the world still really ready for linux maybe i should just go
> into "Suspended animation"
>
> I do need help with my writing got dyselixa but never seemed to be top
> of education to fix that too late now that i am 40.
> maybe my life is not with computer world anymore.
>
> do feel like giving up trying to convert people to linux...
>
> does brltty work well under windows?
>
> will it make her focus 80 work in windows 7/8/10?
>
> i do not know much about the device to be honest and i am worried the
> customer is going to get ripped off like most ppl with computers.
>
> her dad hated windows 10 i was told and sent the dell laptop straight
> back again so i think it more her dad that the barrier then the
> actually deaf n blind woman.
>
> its coming second hand which makes it quite hard.
>
> i guess i will keep you all updated.
>
> at least i got off my chest now. quite annoyed that no one listens to
> my advice on computers. i was a computer programmer back in 1990s.
> kept up to date with the help of linux. was really glad to bin pirated
> version of windows that where a nightmare...
> helped me out cos i do not have much money to spend on hardware most
> of my kit here at home is donation from linux user group members
>
> also good friend robert helps out too where he can.
>
> my friend jim also helps where he can.
>
> i have a chromebook off robert that was spare from a contract he had.
>
> etc
> etc
> mark redditch worcestershire