Hmmm! It's been a while since I used a virtual linux build but I'm quite sure I used it with a usb-serial cable when I did use it. I don't remember if I had to install the driver for the usb-serial converter. And at least when I was using vmware, it wasn't difficult to change between the vm and the Mac OS. I didn't have to build a vm; I remember burning a blind-friendly version of archlinux and I think I also used debian and/or ubuntu this way.
It is definitely possible to install brltty directly on your Mac. On Mavericks, it works fine with my braillelite but it isn't fully functional with my braille edge though it does work basically enough for me to use terminal. I still just haven't had time to update the instructions for installing brltty on the Mac but I can tell you that I do it using screen and I compiled the recommended screen-4.0.1 screen and used the patch in the brltty distribution. It isn't necessary to use screen if you are doing it in a virtual machine. If you want the latest brltty, you will need to compile so you would want something like macports installed if you are doing this directly on your Mac. Also, brltty has switched to using git instead of subversion if you are using the very latest. It is possible, though not optimal, to use the terminal with voiceover and its braille support. The main key to this is interacting in the window before you arrow with the braille display but in my opinion the experience of using voiceover in terminal, especially with speech only but also with voiceover's braille support, is not as good as using brltty. All the line endings showing up in terminal with voiceover braille and the showing up of some symbols written out in words also is not something I like at all. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Aug 1, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com> wrote: > In my personal experience, the best option is to build yourself a Linux > virtual machine with BRLTTY on it, and then connect that VM to your braille > display. The primary downside to that is that it's not normally very easy to > switch between one or the other, and you have to have a USB interface on your > braille device (as Fusion still doesn't support serial ports emulated as > sockets or through host serial devices). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
