[BRLTTY] BRLTTY 5.5 has been released.

[Dave Mielke]

Release 5.5 of BRLTTY has been released. It can be downloaded from:

   http://brltty.com/

Click on Download, and then on Current Release.

I'd like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that this mailing list has 
been moved to brltty.com (from mielke.cc). While its former email address still 
does work, please post to brltty at brltty.com from now on. The old address will 
eventually be decommissioned.

The most significant updates are:

*  HandyTech's Actilino is supported.
*  HumanWare's Braille Note Touch is supported.
*  The Orbit 20 is supported.
*  LibUSB can now be used on a 64-bit Windows system.

Here's a full list of user-facing changes:

General changes:
   The braille and speech banners no longer include the revision identifier.
   The -o (--override-preference=) option has been added.
   quiet-if-no-braille can be specified via the configuration file.
   Cursor routing hangs have been resolved.
   The Log Messages submenu (for warnings and errors) has been added.
   Support for panning within a long alert message has been added.
   Alert beeps work on a Linux serial console.
   The Greek text table has been improved.
Braille device changes:
   The default is to check both USB and Bluetooth (not just USB).
   Specifying the Bluetooth address is no longer mandatory.
   A prefix of a Bluetooth device's name can be specified.
   A generic USB serial adapter is probed only if it's been customized.
Baum braille driver changes:
   Support for the Vario Ultra has been improved.
   Support for the Orbit 20 has been added.
EuroBraille braille driver changes:
   More Esytime bindings have been added.
   Support has been added for the EsysLight 80 and the Esytime Evolution.
HandyTech braille driver changes:
   Support has been added for the Actilino.
   The rocker keys can be used for efficient navigation of the menu.
   B4+B5 has been bound to Command Learn Mode.
   The (now redundant) keypad binding for Command Learn Mode has been removed.
   The Bluetooth names of the Active Star and the Braillino are recognized.
HIMS braille driver changes:
   Function key bindings have been added for models with four scroll keys.
TTY braille driver changes:
   The braille cells are shown (in addition to the text).
HumanWare braille driver changes:
   The Braille Note is autodetected when using USB.
   Support has been added for the Braille Note Touch.
Polkit changes:
   The policy file is installed.
   The policy has been renamed to org.a11y.brlapi (from org.brltty).
   Initialization doesn't delay BRLTTY startup.
Systemd changes:
   The default instance is now brltty.target (not brltty.service).
   Multiple instances can be managed (via brltty at .target instances).
   A make file has been added to simplify unit and wrapper installation.
   BRLTTY isn't started until Udev has finished initializing.
   BRLTTY isn't automatically restarted if it terminates cleanly.
Udev changes:
   A make file has been added to simplify rules and wrapper installation.
BrlAPI changes:
   The version is now 0.6.6 (it was 0.6.5).
   The server isn't started until the braille driver has started.
   Several small fixes.
xbrlapi changes:
   The X11 and gdm autostart files are installed.
   Constantly trying to connect when BRLTTY isn't available has been fixed.
   Reconnection on every window change has been fixed.
Key table changes:
   Common chords for all of the sticky modifier keys have been added.
   Listings combine dot keys, e.g. Dots12 instead of Dot1+Dot2.
Android changes:
   The cursor no longer jumps back to the start while spaces are being typed.
   Customization files can be in internal storage and/or on the SD card.
Windows changes:
   Interaction with NVDA has been revived.
   LibUSB can be used on a 64-bit system.
   Builds can be done on MinGW64.
Build changes:
   AppStream metainfo is maintained and installed.
   The new Speech Dispatcher installation layout is supported.
   Fixes to support building on Solaris 10 and 11 with C99.

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