[BRLTTY] running brltty wihtout brailledisplay
Andor Demarteau
andor at nl.linux.org
Wed Jul 27 04:14:56 EDT 2005
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Jason White wrote:
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> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Dave Mielke wrote:
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> > There's currently no support in BRLTTY for intercepting the computer's
> > keyboard. I suppose it could be added, but would that really be the best
> > approach when a speech-based screen reader might do a far better job than the
> > basic speech capabilities of BRLTTY?
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> Moreover, Speakup or Yasr would be a much better choice for basic speech
> access to the console.
IC< I'll have a look at yasr as speakup involves kernel-patching which I'd
rather not do on a non-x86 platform.
> Adding a means of intercepting keyboard scan codes would be useful,
> however, as it would allow a braille keyboard mode to be provided without
> requiring a braille display that supports it directly, such as the Inka or
> one of the displays with an in-built braille keyboard. Under Linux I
> expect this would involve kernel-level work however. Also, not all
> keyboards give reliable reports when multiple keys have been pressed, or
> so I am told.
As Dave says, that'll be possible in userland on linux.
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