[BRLTTY] BRLTTY on Windows, and Actilino support

[Dave Mielke]

[quoted lines by Felix Grützmacher - Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH on 2017/04/04 at 13:18 +0200]

>-          BRLTTY version 5.4 still seems to be the current release, dating
>June 28th 2016. Is this indeed the version which will be used by Creatos
>Update in Narrator? I am asking because this would mean our latest device,
>Actilino, would not be included, and of course we are eager to have all our
>devices supported without any configuration on the part of the user.

The plan is to release 5.5 very soon. We, too, of course, would like to see all 
of your devices supported. If there's any specific release date that you need 
us to meet then please let us know.

since you're referring to Narrator, I guess you're referring to a Windows 
feature. I myself am not a Windows user, so I may well be remiss in not knowing 
about something important within that environment. What is it that we need to 
do to ensure that 5.5 is in whatever release of whichever feature you're 
referring to?

>-          Last time I tested BRLTTY for Windows, I used a precompiled
>binary with NVDA but was unable to connect to my Handy Tech device. Is there
>a test bed for BRLTTY on Windows which I should be aware of, and which I
>could use to verify that any given device would work with Narrator?

I'm right now in the process of seeing what needs to be done to successfully 
build 5.5 on Windows. That shouldn't take very long, so I should be able to 
provide you with a precompiled binary soon. Which variant do you need? .exe or 
.zip? libusb or libusb-1.0?

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