Knowledge Base Article Number: Q0126
Created On: 31 Mar 2009
Last Updated on: 17 May 2011
Braille displays and text-to-speech synthesisers supported by Dolphin products.
Applies to:
- SuperNova Access Suite
- SuperNova Magnifier
- SuperNova Reader Magnifier
- SuperNova Screen Reader
- Hal Pro
- Dolphin Pen
- EasyReader
- Cicero
- SAM
Description:
The following is a list of Braille displays and text-to speech synthesisers supported by Sam (Synthesiser Access Manager).The products listed above all use Sam.
Solution/workaround:
Speech synthesisers supported by SAM:
- DECtalk PC2
- Dolphin Apollo
- Dolphin Europa (PC 2)
- Dolphin Gemini
- Dolphin Juno
- Dolphin Orpheus
- SAPI 4 compliant TTS engines
- SAPI 5 compliant TTS engines
- Via SSIL drivers:
- ccent SA
- Accent PC
- Artic Transport
- Artic 215
- Audapter
- CIBERVEU 232P
- DEC Access 32
- DECtalk Express
- DECtalk PC
- DECtalk PC2
- Double Talk LT and Micro Talk Light Talk
- Double Talk PC
- Echo PC and Echo PC2
- Infovox 220
- Infovox version 3.4 or earlier/ 3.5 or later
- Keynote Gold with GOLDDEV.SYS Accent emulator
- Keynote Gold Multimedia
- Keynote Gold PC
- Keynote Gold SA
- Keynote Gold Ultra Multimedia
- Keynote Gold PC
- Keynote Gold VC
- Kurzweil Reading Edge
- Multivoice (DECtalk)
- Orison
- Portspeak Speech Synthesiser
- Proverbe
- SmarTalk Speech Synthesiser
- Sounding Board or Speakout
- Type ‘n Speak
- Vocalizer
Braille displays supported by SAM:
- Alva: Series 3, 4 (Delphi), 5 (Satellite), all sizes. This includes all the 20, 40, 44, 70, 80 and 84 cell models and includes the Traveller. Note that these devices will work in serial mode under Windows 95 and above, however in USB mode they will only work under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.
- Braille Ex: EL 2D-40, EL 2D-66, EL 80, EL 2D-80, 2D Screen, Compact 2, Tiny, 2D Lite, 2D Lite Plus.
- Braille Focus: Blazie Engineering Focus Series Braille displays, including the PacMate. Please note: to use the display via USB, in addition to the SAM driver you will need the "Focus Companion CD" from Freedom Scientific which contains the Windows device driver for the Focus, all other necessary files are included in the SAM driver.
- Braille Lite: Blazie BrailleLite 18,40, Millennium.
- Braudi: Braudi Pro.
- Ecobraille Braille display series - Ecobraille 40, 80 and Ecoplus Braille displays.
- Eurobraille Iris Braille display.
- HandyTech: Braille Window Classic 44, 84, Modular 44, 84, Bookworm, Braille Wave, Braille Star 40, 80 and Easy Braille.
- KTS: BrailloTerm. Note driver must be started within 10 sec of KTS being powered on.
- KTS: BrailloTerm32.
- Papenmeier Braillex refreshable Braille display, supports EL40s including configuration dialogs.
- Pegasus.
- Pulse Data: Braille Note 18, 32. Note Configure Braille Note to Braille Terminal mode before using driver.
- Sensotec: Euroscope.
- TeleSensory PowerBraille: PowerBraille 40, 66, 80, Navigator, (also Baum Vario/Rabbit).
- Technibraille: Zephyr. Note (1) too many buttons to be supported by SAM thus 11 are disabled, (2) configure Zephyr to Windows mode before using SAM driver.
- Tieman Braille Voyager 45 and 85. Please note drivers for the Braille Voyager displays should be installed using the installation media containing the SAM drivers supplied by Tieman.
- Tieman CombiBraille 45, 85, with or without speech.
- Tieman/Optelec EasyLink Braille pen.
- Tieman MultiBraille.
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