[BRLTTY] Multi-Line Braille Display Question

[Dave Mielke]

[quoted lines by avery ingram on 2026/10/09 at 18:22 -0700]

Hi:

>In that case, does anyone happen to know how well it works with the Monarch specifically?

Perhaps I was misunderstood and you replied to me before reading Samuel's clarification.

Brltty already supports multiline so that isn't an issue. What is an issue is that brltty doesn't yet have a driver for the Monarch itself. We'd like to implement one but we haven't yet had access to an actual Monarch in order to test our driver development work.

We aren't a commercial organization and don't have the money to purchase braille devices, most of which are rather expensive. The Monarch, in particular, is incredibly expensive due to its size. We're just a group of regular people - some on fixed incomes, some with families, etc - who enjoy working on this project. 

So, you might wonder, how it is, then, that we do implement drivers for braille devices. Sometimes, a manufacturer or vendor has lent us a device. At other times, a user has lent us a device. At yet other times, a user has worked closely with us so that we'd write the code and that user would test it. At even other times, a user has granted us ssh access so that we could work more directly with the device.

So, yes, at some point, we'll be able to imploement a driver for the Monarch. We certainly do want to do so. What we aren't willing to do is write code in the mere hope that it'll work and then release it, without testing, with an implicit promise that it actually does.

If I myself were ever to win big in a lottery - which isn't going to happen as I don't gamble - I'd probably set aside a million dollars for the purchase of braille devices. Until then, wouldn't it be nice if manufacturers would simply recognize the benefit that we bring them for free and just give us sample devices to work with. :-(

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