[BRLTTY] Mac with silicon chip and bratty.

[Anders Holmberg]

Hi!
Seems very clumsy and complicated.
I rather install it on a linux console then.
/A

> 12 feb. 2025 kl. 13:35 skrev Yannick Plassiard <plassiardyannick at gmail.com>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> Long story short: it is possible with a bit of hacking. If I remember, you'll need to have a recent version of "screen" (4.9), compiled from sources with a patch applied to make the screen region visible to Brltty.
> 
> After that, you can compile Brltty (after cloning the Git repository), and start both programs as root to make them work.
> 
> 
> I found several issues while doing this though:
> 
> - If your braille display is supported by Apple's VoiceOver, it's much harder for Brltty to take ownership of it.
> 
> - Sometimes, Brltty fails to insert keys and keep printing "screen is initializing..." on the braille display. I guess this has something to do with the IPC communication with Screen, but I did not have enough time to investigate.
> 
> 
> It won't solve your issue, but I found it easier to have Brltty running on a Raspberry Pi model (plugged to the Mac for power supply), and ssh-ing to the Mac to have a much reliable experience.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Yannick
> 
> 
> Le 12/02/2025 à 10:47, Mattia Scattolin a écrit :
>> I have the same question. Hope to find a way to make it working on a Mac.
>> At the moment I use it with an ute virtual machine.
>> 
>> Mattia
>> 
>>> Il giorno 11 feb 2025, alle ore 21:26, Anders Holmberg <anders at pipkrokodil.se> ha scritto:
>>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> Is it possible to install bratty onto a Mac mini with M1 chip?
>>> Instructions if possible please.
>>> /A
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