# Jaws and reading with Braille Displays.

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by therage1983 (Account disabled) on Friday, 13-May-2005 16:43:23

Hey all,
Does anyone know if there is a way to read a document with a braille display, without converting it to braille first? I thought there was but now I'm not sure.

## Post 2 by wildebrew (We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?) on Friday, 13-May-2005 16:46:06

What do you mean?
All screen readers (well, Jaws, WindowEyes at lest Super Nova too I believe) have brraille display drivers, you can read anything in braille that you can get through speech (well 99.9% some buttons or extra info such as the error info in vs.net is not displayed in braille) so, yes, no need to convert anything to braille in order to read it on a display.

## Post 3 by sugarbaby (The voice of reason) on Friday, 13-May-2005 16:54:09

as b said above, if you have a braille display installed on with jaws, then you should just be able to read the document as it comes.

## Post 4 by blink183 (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Saturday, 14-May-2005 0:56:08

If you're asking about Grade II, your screen reader should have automatic Braille translation. Go into the configuration manager in JAWS or the Braille Options in Window-Eyes and check the box for Grade II. Most displays also have a command you can type, like g, to turn translation on temporarily.