[BRLTTY] how to use brltty on mac

[John Covici]

If you pair the device using vo, and then turn vo off to use brltty,
how would this work?  My device, a Humanware bi 40 is supported by vo
and I have paired it  successfully.  I had to remove the device so
Brltty on Linux would see it again.


On Sat, 02 Sep 2017 21:34:23 -0400,
Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> 
> Have you got brltty running yet at all - with usb or usb-serial? If not, I would concentrate on this first. I have in the past used bluetooth with my Braille Edge but haven't for a while and couldn't this evening. Something in bluetooth on the Mac may have been changed since I ran brltty with it last or I may be overlooking something; the Braille Edge does pair with the Mac using voiceover and also connects.
> 
> There's a Bluetooth.Readme in Documents in the brltty source but the Mac info isn't there so it probably will go into the Mac readme when completed.
> 
> If your braille device is supported by Apple, the place to pair it is not in System Preferences > Bluetooth but in Voiceover Utility > braille. If your braille device is not supported by Apple, then I think you would pair it in System Preferences > Bluetooth.
> 
> In order to use the braille display with bluetooth once it is paired, you need to either specify this on the command line or in the brltty.conf file. The braille-device directive in the brltty.conf shows a bluetooth line that you would use. For my braille edge I have it as follows:
> braille-device bluetooth:00:12:34:56:78:6C (this is just a made-up address). but again I wouldn't spend time working on this until you have it working with a physical connection.
> 
> On Sep 2, 2017, at 5:39 PM, John Covici <covici at ccs.covici.com> wrote:
> 
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> Cheryl
> 
> May the words of my mouth
> and the meditation of my heart
> be acceptable to You, Lord,
> my rock and my Redeemer.
> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> One thing  -- is it possible to use Bluetooth and if so, how?  Do you
> just try to pair in the bluetooth button of system preferences, or
> what?
> 
> There was no mention in the tentative README.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> 
> On Fri, 01 Sep 2017 11:55:11 -0400,
> rmgls wrote:
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> > On Sep 1, 2017, at 4:35 PM, Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> wrote:
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> > [quoted lines by rmgls on 2017/09/01 at 15:38 +0200]
> > 
> > Email me privately I will help you.
> > 
> > We really need a README.Mac that includes all known information on this topic. 
> > Is it possible that you and/or Cheryl could write one? I can't, since I don't 
> > even have a Mac on which to verify anything, but I don't mind editing whatever 
> > either of you sends me so that you don't need to be concerned with creating a 
> > perfect document.
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