[BRLTTY] Mac with silicon chip and bratty.

[Tim Böttcher]

Hey,

I mean, Apple wants VoiceOver to be our one, our only, our one-stop solution for accessibility.

Why should they make installing BRLTTY easy?

I'd actually be curious if installing it on a Linux console works smoothly, though - since, as mentioned before, VoiceOver might have a (more or less) monopoly on your braille displays' drivers...

Kind regards,
Tim

> Am 12.02.2025 um 21:13 schrieb Anders Holmberg <anders at pipkrokodil.se>:
> 
> 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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