[BRLTTY] Somewhat New Linux User with a Few Questions

[Lanie Carmelo]

Hi all. I wanted to add some more details here. I've been trying to get 
my Braille display working and did some editing to the config file. I 
noticed that earlier today, I was actually getting some Braille in my 
XSession, I guess through Orca, but the whole time, Brltty was also 
flashing "BRLTTY 6.6" and "braille driver restarting". I wasn't sure if 
I had specified my Braille driver in the config, so I went and did that. 
I also found the serial number for my Braille display and entered that. 
Now, though, my display doesn't seem to be working at all. I'm seeing a 
lot of journald messages about a USB configuration set error 16. I'm 
about to try Bluetooth and see if that works.

On 6/21/24 9:18 AM, Lanie Carmelo wrote:
> Hi all. I've been trying to get Brltty working better on my computer, 
> a laptop running Arch Linux, and I have a few questions that I'm 
> hoping someone can help with. First, I'm using Brltty to get Braille 
> in the TTY but another screen reader, Fenrir, for speech. I'm 
> concerned with Braille-related issues here, though, so that shouldn't 
> matter.
>
> There are times when I've started my computer, and gone to a TTY when 
> "BRLTTY 6.6" repeatedly flashes on my Braille display, a HumanWare 
> Brailliant BI 40X. Once when it did this, I think I also caught the 
> words "braille driver restarting" flashing right afterward, although 
> it was so brief that I could be wrong. How can I fix this? My Braille 
> display is connected via USB and I believe I have brltty.conf set up 
> correctly.
>
> Second, is it possible to type with Brltty using contracted Braille? I 
> have my Braille table set to contracted, but I still need to use 
> computer Braille to type.
>
> Finally, I want to set it up so I can use my Braille display during my 
> XSession. I use Orca as my screen reader then. Right now as I type 
> this, my Brailliant is flashing "BRLTTY 6.6" and in between that I see 
> "screen not in text mode". Braille is enabled in Orca preferences. I 
> read the man page for xbrlapi but still didn't understand how to set 
> it up. Can anyone help with this?
>
> I apologize for the long email. Thanks for your help.
>