[BRLTTY] running brltty wihtout brailledisplay

[Aldo]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:55:54PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Andor Demarteau wrote:
> 
> > hi people,
> > 
> > okay, there maybe other options, but as a longterm brltty user I'd stick
> > with what i know :)
> > is it possible (now I think there was a discution on the blinux-list a
> > while ago about this) to run brltty wihtout a braille-display attached
> > and/or even configured.
> 
> How will you operate the speech feature of BRLTTY without any braille 
> display?  BRLTTY still relies on the keys found on a braille display to 
> activate speech.
> 
> 

Hi Nico,
a) why not thinking about a system where the 5 in numlock-off should 
permit to switch to a mode where speech can be used ?
b) why not a driver for speech only where the nav keys of a 
azerty/qwerty kbd can pilote the speech?
c) why not having a look at BRASS since this can use brailel only, 
braille+speech, or speech only? cf. Roger Butenuth's site at 
http://butenuth.onlinehome.de/blinux/
d) I not remember if speech only was already possible under JABT but 
this only concerns the Alva displays (cf. http://jlemmens.nl)

Aldo.