[BRLTTY] Braille display unable to type or navigate screen in Ubuntu 22.04

Harry Bell ubupanoramix at icloud.com
Wed May 8 14:58:05 EDT 2024


Ok,  plugging focus Blue 14 5th Gen Braille display in before turning laptop on helps!  It can now type letters! 
What I cannot find in the Freedom Scientific material is how to navigate the home screen,  find apps or utilities and how to activate or close them.  I know that sounds pretty basic but I am starting from scratch so any pointers very welcome! 
Thanks
Harry
> On 8 May 2024, at 07:12, Mario Lang <mlang at blind.guru> wrote:
> 
> Harry Bell <ubupanoramix at icloud.com> writes:
> 
> 
> [...]
> 
>> How can I get my newly set up Ubuntu 24.04 laptop to accept my focus Blue 14
>> 5th Gen Braille display as an input device for typing and giving commands to
>> navigate the screen?
>> I have installed Ubuntu 24.4 along with Orca and the MATE desktop. I have
>> run BRLTTY and now my focus Blue 14 5th Gen Braille display shows in Braille
>> what is on the laptop screen. But when I try typing, nothing happens.
> 
> Maybe these key bindings help?
> 
> * set braille keyboard enabled: Space+Dots138
> * set braille keyboard disabled: Space+Dots137
> 
>> And i have no idea how to navigate the laptop screen.,
> 
> Maybe reading the help page for the Focus 14 will help?
> http://brltty.app/doc/KeyBindings/brl-fs-focus14.html
> 
> --
> CYa,
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