* RE: Red Hat Install - nearly there @ Ian Blackburn ` Braille displays (was RE: Red Hat Install - nearly there) Jason White 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Ian Blackburn @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'blinux-list@redhat.com' Good morning well this is the first thing I have heard about a hard wear driven braille display what would be good is if we could find out more about this idea in other words for those of us who still don't know much about Linux and all these complex ideas it might turn out well that a hard wear solution be kept up ======================================================== Standard disclaimer: Any recipient of this communication acknowledges that: * the Government Employees Superannuation Board accepts no responsibility for the contents, nor the validity of this communication; and * they do not rely on any view given unless it is properly authorised. ======================================================== ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Braille displays (was RE: Red Hat Install - nearly there) Red Hat Install - nearly there Ian Blackburn @ ` Jason White ` Tim Pennick ` [OT] what distros is DoubleTalk LT known to work? dreamwvr 0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Jason White @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: blinux-list Ian Blackburn writes: > Good morning > > well this is the first thing I have heard about a hard wear driven braille > display > I believe they have been available for quite a while, but I expect that they have fallen largely out of favour in recent years, owing to the rise of the Graphical User Interface. Papenmeier used to manufacture them, apparently, but I have never used one. Basically, they monitor the video hardware directly and allow the text to be displayed line by line. Regards, Jason. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Braille displays (was RE: Red Hat Install - nearly there) ` Braille displays (was RE: Red Hat Install - nearly there) Jason White @ ` Tim Pennick ` Janina Sajka ` [OT] what distros is DoubleTalk LT known to work? dreamwvr 1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Tim Pennick @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: blinux-list; +Cc: Tim Pennick > ... Basically, they monitor the > video hardware directly and allow the text to be displayed line by > line. The disadvantage was in the amount of time it took to get the card working in the first place. You had to install a graphics card which was compatible with the Braillex hardware, and even then it was a scary business trying to get the cursor to track properly to begin with. Compared with setting up the braillex with JAWS using software drivers, this used to be a nightmare, and only possilbe with lots of assistance. The advantage for DOS, and I now learn for Linux as well, is that the display is there as soon as you power on. This includes BIOS configuration, boot prompts and memory checks. Also, even if the whole system crashes, you can still read what was on the whole of the last screen. I.e. you have access to the 25 line buffer via the braille display navigation keys, whereas the software drivers die with the PC, leaving the braille nav keys inoperable. I've never yet got a telnet session running under windows with JAWS, to work as well as a DOS-based terminal emulator on the old hardware display. I find that JAWS doesn't capture the format accurately, so I'm looking forward to using Linux for coding etc. using the hardware interface, and evenutally probably brltty. Regards, Tim Pennick ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Braille displays (was RE: Red Hat Install - nearly there) ` Tim Pennick @ ` Janina Sajka 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Janina Sajka @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: blinux-list; +Cc: Tim Pennick On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Tim Pennick wrote: > The advantage for DOS, and I now learn for Linux as well, is that the display > is there as soon as you power on. This includes BIOS configuration, boot > prompts and memory checks. Also, even if the whole system crashes, you can > still read what was on the whole of the last screen. I.e. you have access to > the 25 line buffer via the braille display navigation keys, whereas the > software drivers die with the PC, leaving the braille nav keys inoperable. > For the record this is also true of speakup on linux. Janina ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* [OT] what distros is DoubleTalk LT known to work? ` Braille displays (was RE: Red Hat Install - nearly there) Jason White ` Tim Pennick @ ` dreamwvr ` Janina Sajka 1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: dreamwvr @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: blinux-list TIA and curious what version of emacspeaks this would be .. Want to set one up for a friend.. Best Regards dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [OT] what distros is DoubleTalk LT known to work? ` [OT] what distros is DoubleTalk LT known to work? dreamwvr @ ` Janina Sajka 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Janina Sajka @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: blinux-list It's not distro specific. Emacspeak is currently at 14.0. On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com wrote: > TIA and curious what version of emacspeaks this would be .. > Want to set one up for a friend.. > Best Regards > dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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