[BRLTTY] brltty in termux on ipad?

Sébastien Hinderer sebastien.hinderer at ens-lyon.org
Mon Dec 29 10:16:23 UTC 2025


Hello,

Tim Böttcher (2025/12/29 10:56 +0100):
> I mean this:
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tech.ula&hl=en

Thank you! I'll definitely look into it!

> And yeah, i noticed that especially some key combinations with the Braille keyboard don't work as I'd expect them to.
>
> Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be much interest on the part of
> HelpTech to make the Linux experience more seamless;

I am not sure I understandyou here. I'd have thought this is independent
of the operating system? I mean, it's HelpTech which, through its
internal firmware, controlswhich keycodes are exposed and how. It is
indeed possible that some keycodes that are exposed are not handled
properly by the drivers, but this is something that is fixable, at least
on the linux side. The other possibility is that, for some keypresses,
nothingis sent out by HandyTehc's firmware and that's something which is
not OS-related.

In case you'd want to give it a try, I preciously keep a copy of their
firmware 2.0c, at this URL:

http://seb.thefreecat.org/Active_Star_40_Firmware_2.0c.exe

But I'm realizing that this is supposed to be only for the ActiveStar 40
so it may or may not work for your Actilino, sadly.

Of course, the other problem is that, currently, you have to use a
Windows box to change the version of the firmware.

Seb.


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