[BRLTTY] running brltty wihtout brailledisplay

[Andor Demarteau]

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Jason White wrote:

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 > On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Dave Mielke wrote:
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 > > There's currently no support in BRLTTY for intercepting the computer's
 > > keyboard. I suppose it could be added, but would that really be the best
 > > approach when a speech-based screen reader might do a far better job than the
 > > basic speech capabilities of BRLTTY?
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 > Moreover, Speakup or Yasr would be a much better choice for basic speech
 > access to the console.
IC< I'll have a look at yasr as speakup involves kernel-patching which I'd
rather not do on a non-x86 platform.

 > Adding a means of intercepting keyboard scan codes would be useful,
 > however, as it would allow a braille keyboard mode to be provided without
 > requiring a braille display that supports it directly, such as the Inka or
 > one of the displays with an in-built braille keyboard. Under Linux I
 > expect this would involve kernel-level work however. Also, not all
 > keyboards give reliable reports when multiple keys have been pressed, or
 > so I am told.
As Dave says, that'll be possible in userland on linux.


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