[BRLTTY] brltty windows version and braillenote
Simone Dal Maso
simone.dalmaso at juvox.it
Tue Oct 14 06:37:26 EDT 2008
Hi,
I saved this message and I want to try in the weekend.
The fact is that I want to use BRLTTY in conjunction with the development version of NVDA.
The fact is that it needs brlapi, and I don't know if using cygwin I can call BRLAPI as if I use the compiled windows version.
Thanks again and I let you know my tests.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Maschmeyer" <lee_maschmeyer at wayne.edu>
To: "Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY." <brltty at mielke.cc>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] brltty windows version and braillenote
> Here's some free advice. It might be worth every penny of it... <grin>
>
> Someone else reported that the BrailleNote currently doesn't work in the
> Windows version and that one of the developers indicated a quick solution is
> not feasible at this time.
>
> However, you can get a working system quite easily. It's not very elegant
> and takes up a bit more disk space, but it does work. Note that it will take
> effect only for console applications - i.e., the DOS box and programs that
> run in it.
>
> What you do is to install a minimal Cygwin system and include Accessibility.
> This will get you a working brltty which does include the BrailleNote. It's
> not hard, but there are several steps you need to take.
>
> To do it:
>
> 1. Go to www.cygwin.com and click on the "Install Cygwin now" link. This
> will download a program called setup.exe.
>
> 2. Run this program. Take all the defaults until you're presented with a
> list of mirrors. Choose one or more mirrors that are near you.
>
> 3. On the next screen your PC cursor is on a checkbox that says `Curr'. You
> must now use your mouse emulator. Starting from this checkbox, go down 3
> lines or so to a line that begins: "Accessibility Default". Left click on
> the word Default and it will change to Install. Then press Enter, wait for
> things to download, and press Enter on the Finish button.
>
> 4. In the Windows Run dialog, type:
>
> c:\cygwin\bin\brltty.exe -b bn -d serial:ttyS0 -<other options as needed>
>
> Note that this command is case sensitive, so be sure to use the uppercase S
> as indicated above.
>
> This will probably fail with some missing routines. Find their location(s)
> and add them to the Windows Path variable. Do this repeatedly until you can
> run brltty from the Run dialog.
>
> Now any time you run a console application you'll have brltty controlling
> the braille device. You may have to convince your Windows screen reader to
> get out of the way (in Jaws, for example, enable Braille Sleep Mode for any
> applications where you want brltty to work).
>
> I suggested this to someone before but never heard anything. I don't know
> whether they tried it or whether they had any unforeseen problems. Please
> let us know how it works for you so I don't keep burdening the list,
> especially if it doesn't work (but I think it will).
>
> Good luck,
>
> --
>
> Lee Maschmeyer
> Wayne State University
> Detroit, Michigan, USA
>
>
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