[BRLTTY] BRLTTY on Windows, and Actilino support

Tue Apr 4 11:29:32 EDT 2017

Hello and thank you for the quick and helpful response!
The Windows update in question is about to be rolled out. I learned about
the details through CSUN which was a bit late to jump in. Since I'm not sure
which version/branch Microsoft is using, we'll contact them and then we can
talk with confidence about release dates and cycles and procedures.
For now it would be great to have a precompiled binary for Windows. We need
the one which works with NVDA on 64 bit Windows. I would assume that's
libusb 1.0. Anyone more familiar with this, please correct me if I'm wrong.
I will then test it and send logfiles so we can work on any protocol
problems if present. I've already started familiarizing myself with the
driver code so I can actually contribute rather than just watching you
squash bugs. :)
Thank you and kind regards,
Felix Grützmacher

Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Best regards

Felix Grützmacher
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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: BRLTTY [mailto:brltty-bounces at brltty.com] Im Auftrag von Dave Mielke
Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. April 2017 16:25
An: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.
Betreff: Re: [BRLTTY] BRLTTY on Windows, and Actilino support

[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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