[BRLTTY] qemu and braille output

[mattias]

But if you do that
The keys on the physical display will not work in the vm


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Samuel Thibault
Skickat: den 22 oktober 2013 14:50
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Ämne: Re: [BRLTTY] qemu and braille output


Hello,

Elias Oltmanns, le Tue 22 Oct 2013 14:35:44 +0200, a écrit :
> Giving the option
> 
> -usbdevice braille
> 
> on the qemu command line makes a device named “QEMU USB BRAILLE” 
> appear in the Windows device manager.

Yes, it's a baum device.

> Howeverr, there is no driver installed for this device and I don't 
> know where to get it either.

Did you install BRLTTY inside your VM?  It will propose you to install a
driver for this.

> When choosing BRLTTY as the output device in the braille settings 
> dialog of NVDA, I'm told that no connection to the braille device can 
> be established.

So I guess you didn't, please do.

> Also, it doesn't seem to make any difference whether orca
> on the host system is configured to provide braille output or not.

Sure, qemu doesn't connect to orca, but to the host BRLTTY.

> And is it at all possible to make all components
> cooperate in such a way that I can switch seamlessly between the VM 
> and the host system without losing braille output?

That'll be exactly what will happen, provided that you have xbrlapi
running inside your host X11 session.

Samuel
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