Re: [BRLTTY] BRLTTY on Samsung Galaxy S7

Dave Mielke wrote: > My current device is 4.3 (yes, a bit old), so reproducing may not be possible. Have you ever thought of installing an Android emulator and working with that, if you cannot get a hold of an actual new device? ___

[BRLTTY] Orca not Finding BRLTTY, Answer

I think I figured out why Orca didn't find BRLTTY. I did not pass PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 to the BRLTTY configure script, so the brlapi python bindings were built with Python 2.7. Probably the same thing happened with Liblouis. Having said that, is there a way to build just the brlapi python

[BRLTTY] Orca Fails to Find BRLTTY and Liblouis

Today I pulled Orca: https://github.com/GNOME/orca.git and ran: PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 ./autogen.sh ./configure -q --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --localstatedir=/var At the end, configure whined: NOTE: Braille support requires BrlTTY >= 3.9 and BrlAPI >= 0.5.1. Use speech-dispatcher: yes

[BRLTTY] Testing a Xorg Install

If your braille device says screen not in text mode can you safely assume that your X Window system environment is working? ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general

Re: [BRLTTY] More Stuff with Udev and Systemd

Dave Mielke wrote: > This usually means that there's more than one brltty process running at the > same time that's trying to access the same device. This may actually be true. > You probably have one being started by udev/systemd, and another that's the > default brltty

Re: [BRLTTY] More Stuff with Udev and Systemd

Dave Mielke wrote: > It should be in your system log (probably something like /var/log/messages). Ok, here's what the message says. If you know a way to suppress these messages please do share. I tried setting ForwardToConsole=no in /etc/systemd/journald.conf but no go. As you

Re: [BRLTTY] More Stuff with Udev and Systemd

Dave Mielke wrote: > Did you put brltty-wrapper in /lib/udev or in /usr/lib/udev on this second > system? It went in /lib/udev It was an imaged disk that I unzipped into another partition. > Please, if you can, get the actual message. I don't like trying to come up > with > an

[BRLTTY] More Stuff with Udev and Systemd

I transferred the system had built to another computer. This time the 90-brltty.rules and brltty-wrapper worked. But I saw some weird messages from the kernel. Every other second or so, it said something like { long_dmesg_number usb_fs interface claimed by USBHID while 'brltty' sets config 1 }

Re: [BRLTTY] Missing Systemd Unit File

Dave Mielke wrote: > Unless I figure out a nicer way to do it, a target unit (rather than a > service > unit) is used now. This change was made in order to support multiple brltty > processes that have their own configuration files. Okay, I'll grav the latest development code

[BRLTTY] Missing Systemd Unit File

I figured out that "make install-systemd" would put everything where it was supposed to be. However, running "systemctl start brltty" gave the message "Failed to start brltty.service: Unit brl...@-etc-brltty.conf.service not found." How do I fix that?

[BRLTTY] brltty-systemd-wrapper

Where does this script go? the service file obviously goes in "/etc/systemd/system" but what about the script? Why do we even have a wrapper script anyway? Just curious ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an

Re: [BRLTTY] Udev Rules Update

Dave Mielke wrote: > Then, without rebooting, connect your braille device. The log should show us > what the script is doing. It didn't do anything. No /tmp log file was created. In case /tmp was not writeable I changed the path to /root. NO log. Here's what the script now

Re: [BRLTTY] Udev Rules Update

Dave Mielke wrote: > To make sure that you have the right rules file, verify these two lines in it: > >453: RUN+="brltty-wrapper" >457: RUN+="brltty-wrapper -C" Yes, I do have those lines. > Is your rules file now named 90-brltty.rules? it sure is. It lives in:

[BRLTTY] Udev Rules Update

I rebooted the system today and BRLTTY still did not come up via the rules. Could it be looking in the wrong path? I have BRLTTY installed in "--prefix=/usr" so maybe it's not looking there? The "brltty-wrapper" script is executable -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1188 Sep 14 01:39 brltty-wrapper

Re: [BRLTTY] BRLTTY Udev Rules and Systemd

Dave Mielke wrote: > I don't know what order it ends up in if you don't prefix the file name with > a > number. I use: 90-brltty.rules Oh, I'll try that and see what happens. I rebooted last time and yes, the wrapper was executable. Will report back here with the next boot.

Re: [BRLTTY] BRLTTY Udev Rules and Systemd

Dave Mielke wrote: > Yes, it should work. Maybe, or maybe not. I got a message on my console about USB class 0 or host 0 or something like that already being claimed by USBHID whatever it was. I had to manually start BRLTTY; the rules didn't seem to have kicked in. I put the

Re: [BRLTTY] BRLTTY Udev Rules and Systemd

Dave Mielke wrote: > The otehr is a script named brltty-wrapper that you > need to put in /usr/lib/udev/ and make sure it's executable. I don't have "/usr/lib/udev" , but I do have "/lib/udev" . Will that work? ___ This message was

Re: [BRLTTY] BRLTTY Udev Rules and Systemd

Dave Mielke wrote: > The check it makes is to look for /sys/fs/group/systemd. Does your system > have > this directory? It does not. I don't have to start BRLTTY via udev rules though. I can just enable the systemd service> that came in the source tree as well. Unless we can

Re: [BRLTTY] BRLTTY Udev Rules and Systemd

Dave Mielke wrote: > What I'd like to know first is if your udev > rules file tries to invoke brltty directly or if it uses systemd. It is the udev.rules file included in the brltty-5.4.tar.gz source tree. I did not modify it except to place it in a new location.

[BRLTTY] BRLTTY Udev Rules and Systemd

I copied the included "udev.rules" from the BRLTTY source package to "/etc/udev/rules.d/brltty" and left it at that. This is a systemd based Linux build. I use this method on my other system to have BRLTTY start automatically and it works great. However, when I boot the new system, I see "BRLTY

Re: [BRLTTY] Build Options for BRLTTY

Samuel Thibault wrote: > That being said, you'll probably want the python bindings, so that Orca > can be used to access the graphical desktop. I will not be covering that, because Python is not installed in the base LFS system. I believe Orca already has pretty

[BRLTTY] Build Options for BRLTTY

My current project is to build a little hint document for LFS (Linux from Scratch) about enabling accessibility services in the base system. I'm currently at discussing BRLTTY. When talking about build options, since we do not currently have most of the support structure in the base system, I'm

[BRLTTY] Cursor Routing at linux Login Screen

I noticed today that cursor routing doesn't work here. When you push a routing button, the display fills with a bunch of garbage. Just out of curiosity, what is missing that cursor routing doesn't work at the login prompt? ___ This message was sent via

[BRLTTY] Selecting Menu Options with BasicBraille

First there's no mention of this in the hotkeys table. It tells you how to get in and out of the preferences menu, but not how to select different menu items. Unless I missed it. It was by accident that I found hitting different routing keys changed the selection. This should be altered.

Re: [BRLTTY] Another App Causing BRLTTY to Crash

Dave Mielke wrote: > Does the same problem occur on your Samsung? If yes, can you use adb with it? Got the app to work on my Samsung. However, it appears it is almost completely inacessible once you actually connect to a host. It looks like I need to find a better ssh client.

Re: [BRLTTY] Another App Causing BRLTTY to Crash

Dave Mielke wrote: > Have you enabled USB debugging? It's disabled by default. It is enabled. The problem is that there are no USB drivers for this tablet. Therefore, ADB cannot see it; and the standard google driver will not install. Windows just claims the best driver for the

[BRLTTY] Another App Causes BRLTTY to Crash

I tried sending this earlier but not sure it got through. This app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sk.vx.connectbot causes BRLTTY to enter into a crashing loop where it tries over and over again to restart itself. Since I can't use ADB to capture a log (no usb drivers for this

[BRLTTY] Another App Causing BRLTTY to Crash

This app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sk.vx.connectbot causes BRLTTY to crash. It goes into a continuous cycle of trying to restart itself over and over again when I try and enter the app. Since I appear unable to use ADB to capture a log, how can I get it off the device so we

Re: [BRLTTY] BRLTTY on Android Tablet

Dave Mielke wrote: > What happens on the Samsung when you're on a screen that isn't the launcher? All the apps seem to read well except the home screen. I don't spend enough time on the home screen for it to be much of a problem. However, if braille were my only means of

[BRLTTY] BRLTTY on Android Tablet

Well this is interesting. Today I picked up an RCA Voyager Pro tablet. Just something to play around with. I have a Samsung Galaxy S6 phone as well. My portable display is a Braille Sense U-2 Mini. When on the home screen in the Galaxy, BRLTTY only says "Quick notifications" or "Recent Apps Back

[BRLTTY] The BRLTTY Android App

Are there any plans to register this app on the play store so you can just install it using that mechanism? Would be a lot easier than installing ADB, which has some hoops you have to jump through in order to make it work. ___ This message was sent via

[BRLTTY] An App causes BRLTTY to Crash

Yesterday, I got an iGrill bluetooth thermometer and installed its app, iDevices Connected. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idevicesllc.connected When you launch the app,, you have a little dashboard with all your connected iGrill devices. You double tap on the device to enter

[BRLTTY] Android: Brltty Won't Read Home Screen

I downloaded brltty-latest.apk yesterday and still notice the problem that the home screen items are still not read on my Lollipop. All I see is Quick Notifications as I move through the items using the touch screen. Is this a Lollipop problem or a Brltty problem.

Re: [BRLTTY] jumpy bumps

Brian Tew <montana...@gmail.com> wrote: Rob, what is an induction loop? It's basically a loop of wire that sends audio signals via the t-coils in hearing aids. See this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_induction_loop ___ This m

Re: [BRLTTY] jumpy bumps

Brian Tew wrote: > Maybe if I pipe the irc thru tail -1 it may help. What irc client are you using? I think the only real, no-frills solution is to read faster lol. I'm lucky that with an induction loop and a braille display I can still follow irc pretty well.

Re: [BRLTTY] jumpy bumps

Dave Mielke wrote: > What's probably happening is that the conversation lines are scrolling on the > screen. If you have your irc window in a Screen session you can press C-A left bracket and enter copy mode. This loads the contents of the screen into a buffer for easier

[BRLTTY] Activating Vibration Motor

Some note takers have a vibration motor in them nowadays. Is it possible for BRLTTY to activate that motor? This would be particularly useful, for example, in the android app. Yes, phones can vibrate, too. However, another option never hurts, does it?

Re: [BRLTTY] new listmember with a question

kendell clark wrote: Instead of helping me fix it, the pulse audio people act like children, insisting it's not their bug. Can't you still run desktops like XFCE and Mate without Pulse Audio? Or Isn't there a way to have pulse called ona per application basis?

Re: [BRLTTY] some strange issues with brltty 5.3.1

kendell clark wrote: I've never been able to get this to work. Is there a guide I can follow to try this? It has been a very long time since I played with pulse. There might be something on the arch wiki though. ___ This

Re: [BRLTTY] some strange issues with brltty 5.3.1

kendell clark wrote: > Speakup has never played very nice with pulse audio. The issue seems to > be that after you log in, all speech in the console stops. Running pulse in system mode was supposed to have fixed that. Is this no longer the case?

Re: [BRLTTY] some strange issues with brltty 5.3.1

kendell clark wrote: > Of course then there's no > speech, but this'll get fixed so I'm not worried about it. Why would you want speech in Brltty anyway, when you have speakup? Brltty's primary purpose is for driving braille devices. Just wondering.

Re: [BRLTTY] Startup of brltty.

Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! I have just downloaded the latest brltty source and compiled it. However it does not start automatically even if it is configured with-init-pat=/sbin/real_init. Is there any way of making things work correctly. Did you try the udev rules?

Re: [BRLTTY] Brltty freezing on Debian jessie.

John J. Boyer wrote: Once in a while my computer becomes totally unresonsive and I have to pull the plug to get things going. Is it unresponsive just in one terminal? Can you switch terminals and then try and restart brltty?

[BRLTTY] Determining Screen Location/Coordinates

In speakup, you can press a key to hear which line/column you are located at. I wasn't able to find a similar command for BRLTTY. Does such a command exist? ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to:

Re: [BRLTTY] System startup.

Jason White wrote: If your system is running systemd (if you have the systemctl command available, then it is), you need to install a systemd unit file for BRLTTY and enable it. Check whether it's installed with systemctl status brltty I've been giving some thought to

Re: [BRLTTY] Possible OT: BRLTTY and Orca

Vincent LE GOFF wrote: Absolutely. When I move the system cursor using tab or the arrow keys, say, in a file, the Braille display is refreshed. But I can't move around using the keys of the Braille device. Perhaps it's a feature that hasn't been added to

Re: [BRLTTY] History of Brltty

Mario Lang wrote: I'd like to take this opportunity and publicly thank Dave for the absolutely wonderful work he has been doing since he took maintainance over. I second that. I came to Linux in--I think--about 2010, at which time I had no braille display and I was stuck

[BRLTTY] History of Brltty

What is the history of Brltty? I have to admit, it is an indispensable tool in my arsenal, but how did it all get started to end up as the wonderful program it is today? As a side note, how many of us use Brltty as our sole means of navigating in Linux? I hope this message isn't too off topic,

Re: [BRLTTY] Alert Tunes, smarter braille sense key bindings

Dave Mielke wrote: 1. Where exactly do you set up the alerts to sound? I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. Where are the tunable events listed at? Like arrowing beyond the last line, things like that. You cycle through the menu options with the backward and forward

Re: [BRLTTY] Alert Tunes, smarter braille sense key bindings

Dave Mielke wrote: > Some items have lots of choices. If you accidentally go one too far then it > can > be a long way around. It's handy, therefore, to also have a way to go > backward. For that, you use the backspace key. It has no other function in the menu system.

Re: [BRLTTY] Alert Tunes, smarter braille sense key bindings

Dave Mielke wrote: Just to confirm, you mean the Dot7 key? > > If so, do you still want Space for going forward, or maybe using Dot8 to go > forward would be more symmetric. Yes, using dot 8 would be better, now that you mention it. That key also has no function in the menu

[BRLTTY] Alert Tunes, smarter braille sense key bindings

The entry in the manual for this feature is rather sketchy, so I have some questions. 1. Where exactly do you set up the alerts to sound? 2. I have two sound cards. Where do I set the PCM device to use? I want to have the tunes come out of card 1. Now, onto the Braille Sense bindings. You cycle

[BRLTTY] Solved: Re: Hims Braille Sense not Working on Linux

Dave Mielke wrote: > That looks like it. I ran brltty -b auto and it now works. At first it didn't, and I was going to hunt down log files, but then I had a forehead smacker moment and realized I forgot to put sudo in front of the command. That was a rather odd situation.

[BRLTTY] Handy Tech Displays

I cannot find a price breakdown for the Handy Tech Basic Braille models. Does anyone here know how much the 40, 64 and 80 cell units cost? I need to upgrade my desktop display soon. ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a

Re: [BRLTTY] Hims Braille Sense not Working on Linux

Dave Mielke wrote: Some distributions don't mount the kernel's debug file system. Try: mount -t debugfs debugfs /yss/kernel/debug I think you wanted /sys/kernel/debug, there. Fixed that, and we have it mounted. Indeed. Could you do lsusb both before and after running brltty

Re: [BRLTTY] Hims Braille Sense not Working on Linux

Dave Mielke wrote:> I hope you don't mind me asking what I'm hoping is a stupid question, but is it > possible that, maybe, the device is set to use Bluetooth rather than USB? I thought of that and double checked. We're using the USB port. It runs fine on windows, so it isn't

Re: [BRLTTY] Hims Braille Sense not Working on Linux

Dave Mielke wrote: Could you please send a copy of your /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices file while your Braille Sense is connected? No such file; ../debug is empty. Now, I cloned the latest code from git. Use -L (uppercase) to specify the path to the log file you'd like to

Re: [BRLTTY] Hims Braille Sense not Working on Linux

Dave Mielke > > Could you please send a copy of your /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices file while > your braille Sense is connected? there is no such file; I put that in the message. ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To

[BRLTTY] Hims Braille Sense not Working on Linux

I connected a Braille Sense to my Linux box, running a custom built LFS distro. I first put the unit into terminal mode, using USB. Brltty did not see it. Here's what dmesg says: [1827726.693048] usb 1-4: new high-speed USB device number 15 using ehci-pci [1827728.885088] usb 3-2: new full-speed

Re: [BRLTTY] Hims Braille Sense not Working on Linux

Dave Mielke wrote: Which model of Braille Sense, and which release of brltty? Braille Sense Mini, Brltty 5.2 rev unknown. There was a problem of this nature that's been fixed in the development stream. Are you able to test with the latest code? I'll try that tomorrow. By the

Re: [BRLTTY] Android: Talkback Squeaks when using Brltty Input

Dave Mielke <d...@mielke.cc> wrote: [quoted lines by Rob on 2015/09/15 at 08:21 -0500] I believe that TalkBack does speak typed characters at a slightly higher pitch. I'm not sure if that can be customized. That slightly higher pitch isn't what I'd describe as squeaking, though. It's

Re: [BRLTTY] Android: Talkback Squeaks when using Brltty Input

Dave Mielke wrote: < Is it possible that both TalkBack and brltty are speaking? What's brltty's > Speech Support set to? Speech support is set to native. ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an

[BRLTTY] Android: Talkback Squeaks when using Brltty Input

When I use my Braille Sense as an input source, I notice that Talkback echoes the characters in a really high voice. Is this normal, or how can you change this? ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail

[BRLTTY] Android: Permissions Dialog Comes up at Startup

I'm still working on my navigation problems, in between getting my housemoving over with. In the meantime, here's something else. Whenever I start up my Galaxy, a little dialog that says something about Brltty wanting to access a USB device comes up. There is a checkbox that says use as

Re: [BRLTTY] Queries on Navigation in Android

Okay, I have had a whole weekend out of town to use my phone, so I waited to respond until I was back, with a little more information. Dave Mielke wrote: I use the phone with both braille and Talkback, and the button was not "dimmed." That's odd. This is something I clearly

[BRLTTY] Typing Capital Letters

Using the BRLTTY android app, how do you type capital letters on your braille keyboard when using it as an input source on your Android device? I am using a Braille Sense. ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send

[BRLTTY] Queries on Navigation in Android

My braille device is a Braille Sense. The Brltty documentation for Android says: The accessibility focus feature of Android is used for cursor tracking and routing. It's a soft cursor, not visible on the screen, that can be programmatically associated with any screen element. All screen readers

Re: [BRLTTY] Queries on Navigation in Android

Dave Mielke d...@mielke.cc wrote: Today I was in the Message Plus app, sending a text message. I was trying to bring focus to the edit input area where you could type a message. I hit space dot 4 to move down the line, and I saw: Type a Message, but the block style cursor did not appear until

Re: [BRLTTY] Queries on Navigation in Android

Dave Mielke d...@mielke.cc wrote: That worked. But the block style cursor did not show up indicating a text area. That's what was throwing me off. Sometimes, on Android, you need to long click a text area to open it. Maybe you could try to see if that text area is one of those. Well, that

Re: [BRLTTY] Braille Display Comparison

Rasmussen, Lloyd l...@loc.gov wrote: If you want modern features such as Bluetooth, it may be time to buy a new display. But you shouldn't discount USB-to-serial converters. They can work well, especially if they have an authentic FTDI chipset. It's more than wanting modern features; although

[BRLTTY] Braille Display Comparison

I am in the market for a new desktop braille display. The desktop display I have currently is getting very old and it cannot be serviced anymore, should it break. In addition, it is getting difficult to find boards that I can afford with serial ports. The ones I do find are older, refurbished

Re: [BRLTTY] Braille Display Comparison

Jason White ja...@jasonjgw.net wrote: The Focus 40 Blue I have access to one of these via my current employer. It works well with every operating system that I've tried, which amounts to almost all of them at this point. BRLTTY 5.2 supports it well. This is actually top of my list, because

Re: [BRLTTY] Making the contraction table permanent

Make sure Save on exit is checked in the preferences menu, under menu options. - Original Message - From: John J. Boyer john.bo...@abilitiessoft.org To: brltty@mielke.cc Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 8:29 AM Subject: [BRLTTY] Making the contraction table permanent Whenever I reboot I

[BRLTTY] Android: Display does not reactivate after phone unlock

I am running a Galaxy S6 with a Braille sense Mini, Android Lollipop. The communication method is bluetooth. Brltty 5.2, I don't know the build number. But I downloaded it a couple of months ago. When the screen turns itself off, and you hit the power button to reactivate, the display does not

[BRLTTY] Starting Brltty Automatically on a custom system

This weekend I built a Linux from Scratch (LFS) system. I installed Brltty into it and tried to copy the debian init script. That didn't work, however. Install_initd complained: no script provides mountkernfs What is that, anyway? Next I tried running it through inittab, as per the Brltty

[BRLTTY] Setting up a Braille Scroller in Windows

To my knowledge, no screen reader allows you to simply scroll the display at a preset speed; it is tied to the screen readers say all command. What I was wondering: is it possible to connect autohotkey to BrlApi and have scripts tied to braille display keys? Right now it's just an idea and I

Re: [BRLTTY] getting a command shell on android

? - Original Message - From: Dave Mielke d...@mielke.cc To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. brltty@mielke.cc Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] getting a command shell on android [quoted lines by Rob on 2015/04/08 at 08:13 -0500

[BRLTTY] cleaning a braille display

Some people say to use rubbing alcohol to clean a display. I saw this in a packmate manual even. Another source said that using rubbing alcohol leaves a residue behind on the cells and would gum them up eventually. What's the real answer?___ This

[BRLTTY] problem with BRLAPI on windows

I installed the brltty-win-5.1-1-libusb-1.0.exe package. After dealing with a libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll error by putting that file in system32 it seemed to work. Sort of. I restarted the computer and I keep hearing add hardware, hardware removed sound over and over and over and over again, every

Re: [BRLTTY] screen differentiation

There's a setting in Screen that will print a status line on the bottom of the window, telling you which window you're in. I think it's called Hardstatus. I turned it off because I found it annoying, but that might be what you are looking for. - Original Message - From: Cheryl

Re: [BRLTTY] usb switch with brltty?

I am interested in this also. I got a kvm and would love it if I could hook a braille display into something like it. - Original Message - From: Cheryl Homiak To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 5:25 PM Subject:

[BRLTTY] error with brltty-libusb-1.0.inf

I downloaded brltty-win-5.1-1-libusb-1.0.zip and went to install the .inf file .\bin\brltty-libusb-1.0.inf by right clicking on it and choosing install. I then got this error: The INF file you selected does not support this method of installation This is on windows7 x 64. SOlutions? TIA.

Re: [BRLTTY] error with brltty-libusb-1.0.inf

Driver -Browse My computer for driver software - Let me pick from list of device drivers on my computer -HaveDisk-Browse and select the .inf file. thanks,siju samuel On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Samuel Thibault samuel.thiba...@ens-lyon.org wrote: Rob Hudson, le Tue 01 Jul

[BRLTTY] braille-enabled centos installer disks

Does one of these exist somewhere, or would I be better off creating an automatic install? ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to:

[BRLTTY] preferences not sticking in brltty 5.0

I upgraded to brltty 5.0 in Debian Jessie, and now when I restart, my preferences are not loaded. Is this by design, and how can I fix it? ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For

Re: [BRLTTY] preferences not sticking in brltty 5.0

not sticking in brltty 5.0 Hi! Just a thought, upgrade again to brltty 5.1 instead. It has many bugfixes. /A 6 maj 2014 kl. 10:15 skrev Rob Hudson captinlo...@gmail.com: I upgraded to brltty 5.0 in Debian Jessie, and now when I restart, my preferences are not loaded. Is this by design, and how can

[BRLTTY] turning a USB display into a bluetooth one

Is this possible? Buy a USB transmitter, plug it into the USB port on my Alva satellite and pair with a transmitter? One less wire to worry about. If so, which kind of receiver/transmitter should I get? ___ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing

Re: [BRLTTY] preferences not sticking in brltty 5.0

. brltty@mielke.cc Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] preferences not sticking in brltty 5.0 [quoted lines by Rob Hudson on 2014/05/06 at 09:04 -0500] I also forgot to check the save on exit item. This setting was moved into the Menu Options submenu, whereas it used

[BRLTTY] dot firmness on the alva544 satellite

I recently came into possession of one of these little units. Very nice display actually, but there's just one little problem. The dot firmness with Brltty. It doesn't seem to push the dots up as firmly as it should. I know this because, when the unit is first turned on, there is a message

Re: [BRLTTY] Setting up brltty 5.0

Try using /bin instead of /sbin. - Original Message - From: Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. brltty@mielke.cc Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 8:43 AM Subject: [BRLTTY] Setting up brltty 5.0 Hi! I can't get things

[BRLTTY] expand current word

I turned off the expand current word setting in Brltty preferences, but Orca still does it. Can this be stopped? I don't see anything under the braille tab. I think I asked this before but it's been a while and I disrecall. ___ This message was sent

Re: [BRLTTY] Need some settings for the preferences configuration file

The preferences file is a binary file so you can't modify it. You have to set it through the menu. - Original Message - From: John J. Boyer john.bo...@abilitiessoft.com To: brltty@mielke.cc Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:18 PM Subject: [BRLTTY] Need some settings for the

[BRLTTY] Brltty windows problem

Never had these problems on linux Brltty; it just works. So here goes. Running windows xp. Alva mm480 on com one. Downloaded the latest Brltty-win package I could find: http://brl.thefreecat.org/brltty/brltty-win-4.5-1.exe I couldn't find it on the main Brltty page; this was the link from the NVDA

[BRLTTY] turning your computer into a TTY

NOt a terminal type, but one of those units the deaf use for communicating on the phone. If you have a computer, a phone line and a braille display, can you turn it into a TTY instead of having to spend even more money buying something like

Re: [BRLTTY] custom keybindings

/ -original message- Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] custom keybindings From: Rob Hudson captinlo...@gmail.com Date: 2013-06-28 22:03 If that turns off grade 2, then yes that is what I'm after. Opening up a .brf file in nano while en-us-g2 is active gets a little... messy. - Original Message - From

[BRLTTY] custom keybindings

Is there a way to add a keybinding speicific to one's braille display, without modifying the source code and recompiling? For instance, I want to create a keybinding to toggle braille translation on and off, without having to dig through the preferences menu each

Re: [BRLTTY] custom keybindings

I use an alva 480mm. - Original Message - From: Dave Mielke d...@mielke.cc To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. brltty@mielke.cc Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] custom keybindings [quoted lines by Rob Hudson on 2013/06/28 at 14:03

Re: [BRLTTY] custom keybindings

: Friday, June 28, 2013 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] custom keybindings [quoted lines by Rob Hudson on 2013/06/28 at 16:01 -0500] I use an alva 480mm. My understanding is that you'd like to toggle six-dot braille mode on/off. I believe you can already do this on an Alva 480 by holding the Cursor

Re: [BRLTTY] some serial help

@mielke.cc Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] some serial help Hi Rob. What make is your serial card? Some cards come with special drivers that need to be loaded before you can use the card. It's also possible that there is a jumper that can be set on the card to map the card

Re: [BRLTTY] some serial help

discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. brltty@mielke.cc Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] some serial help Hi Rob. What make is your serial card? Some cards come with special drivers that need to be loaded before you can use the card. It's also possible

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