On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 03:21:40PM +0200, Klaus Knopper wrote: > Hello David, > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 02:25:52PM +0200, David Renström wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a good Linux live distribution, i.e. > > that can be booted from a CD/DVD or a USB flash drive, which has braille > > support (BRLTTY) available from start. I used to use Knoppix and enter > > "knoppix blind brltty=ht,usb:" at boot time, but this doesn't work in the > > newer versions. If someone has got any idea how I can continue to use > > Knoppix, I would of course be grateful too. > > Have you tried the ADRIANE edition of Knoppix, which is specially > designed for blind computer beginners? It uses sbl instead of brltty, > which supports program-specific profiles, attribute cursor routing and > has certain features such as advanced keyboard navigation which are > AFAIK still missing in brltty. If you don't like the "text-gui" that > ADRIANE offers, you can as well work with the shell. Bit OT, but has SBL gotten better at detecting displays and running automatically? I moved away from Knoppix after the switch to SBL and ADRIANE because I just couldn't seem to get a plain console with braille support, which was a pity, as Knoppix was/is a great live distribution.
Good to see you on this list, BTW. Cheers, S.M. _______________________________________________ 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
