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ALVA 640 Comfort
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3. Installation
In this section, a general description of the installation procedure is described for the
JAWS, Window-Eyes and Dolphin Supernova screen readers for Windows 7 and
higher and the setup and Bluetooth® installation.
The ALVA 640 Comfort is compatible with most modern operating systems, including
Windows 7, Windows 8, Linux, Apple OS X, Apple iOS, Google Chrome OS and
Android. Please refer to the screen reader documentation for instructions on how to
setup and configure the Braille display for your screen reader of choice and operating
system.
3.1. Setting up the ALVA 640 Comfort
3.1.1. Setting up the USB connection
The ALVA 640 Comfort does not need any special USB drivers. Windows 7 (or
higher and most other operating systems) will automatically detect the ALVA 640
Comfort and install the necessary USB drivers.
1. Attach the USB cable to the ALVA 640 Comfort and computer.
2. A 8GB removable drive will appear on the screen. This drive contains the
ALVA 640 Comfort screen reader drivers for JAWS, Window-Eyes and
Dolphin Supernova.
3. Switch on the ALVA 640 Comfort. Windows will automatically install the
necessary drivers. This process will approximately take 1 minute. Please
do not turn off the ALVA or cancel the installation during this process.
Generally this does not require any further user input. When the connection
is established the ALVA 640 Comfort will issue an audible signal and
displays the message “USB connected”.
3.2. Installing ALVA 640 Comfort screen reader drivers
Drivers for the majority of the screen readers are included in the products
themselves. Therefore, you do not need to install the screen reader drivers from the
ALVA 6-series CD-ROM or removable drive within the ALVA. Please refer to your
screen reader documentation for more information on the setup of, and selection of a
ALVA 640 Comfort and to select and configure the unit in your screen reader.
Only if the drivers on the CD-Rom are newer than the drivers included with the
screen reader, we recommend to install the screen reader drivers from the CD-ROM
or ALVA internal removable drive:
1. Insert the ALVA 640 Comfort software CD-ROM that came with the package
in your computer’s disk drive.
2. The program will automatically run if the autostart feature of your CD-ROM
drive is enabled.
a. If the autostart feature is not enabled, press the Windows key and
type d:\setup.exe (assuming d: is the letter assigned to your CD-ROM
drive) and press Enter.
