[BRLTTY] Footsteps towards better accessibility in Linux

[Halim Sahin]

Hi,
On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 05:24:14AM -0400, Dave Mielke wrote:
> I'd like to see our AtSpi2 screen driver enhanced, as much as can be, so that we can be as standalone and in control as possible with respect to the GUI environment.
 
ACK.


> I already have a keyboard table designed to make using Mate and Orca much easier from a braille keyboard. I've been planning to integrate it one of these days, especially since brltty-6.7 contains fixes to make GUI keyboard input work properly.

Does  the new code also handle pc keyboard input in Xorg / wayland to
control brltty functions?

> There's always something we can do.

Again ACK.

Thx for your work on brltty.
I use it  for my daily work.

Regarding orca: The braille support needs some tweaks and one big issue
is   that it does not respond for a second if you use line up or line down on
the braille display.
This  happens because orca switches to flat review mode but waiting a
second is a bit anoying.
If the flatreview is active orca responds  immediately.

One more thing missing is coursor routing functionality in orcas braille
support in terminals.

So currently brltty does a great job replacing it in terminals.

In brltty it would be great to handle pc keyboard  events in Xorg or
Wayland Sessions.
I use brltty with braille and speech.
Controlling the speech part  is currently only possible with braille
display not pc keyboard.

BR.
Halim