Hi, > >> 2. If I don't have a serial port what connection should I use? > > > > You can use a USB to serial adapter. These can be found almost anywhere > > and Linuxx supports a lot of them. > > That will work with the bn?
Yes, from a braille display point of view it makes absolutely no difference whether you use a genuine serial port or a serial port as provided through a USB->Serial adapter. The only thing that will change is the device used to communicate with the braille display. If it is connected to the computer trhough a traditional serial port you will use something like /dev/ttyS0, whereas if it uses a USB->serial adapter you access it via /dev/ttyUSB0 or something like that. > >> Also is it possible to use braille in a gui? > > > > This is what orca is used for. > > Orca talks as well. So orca has all the drivers for braille to? You > don't need brltty for access to braille in a gui? Orca does not have the drivers for braille devices built into it. It talks to brltty, which in turn talks to the braille device. Similarly, whan a key of the braille device is pressed, it is caught by brltty and then passed on to orca. hth, Sébastien. _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
