[BRLTTY] Porting BRLTTY to *BSD?

Samuel Thibault samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org
Thu Dec 1 12:39:03 EST 2011


Odd Martin Baanrud, le Thu 01 Dec 2011 18:22:19 +0100, a écrit :
> On 11/28/2011 02:28 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > What is missing in the BSD kernels, however, is access to the content of
> > the text console.
> 
> How does this effect the use of brlapi?

It does not effect brlapi at all.

> Can e.g. Orca be used with braille, even with the lack of text console
> access in the kernel?

Completely, since the graphical accessibility layer is completely
userspace-implemented, using standard Unix communication tools which are
available on BSD.

> In short, can brlapi be used without this access?

Definitely.

Samuel


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