From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A80402FE29 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:09:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id f88J9iw14762 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:09:44 -0400 Received: from mail.students.cs.uu.nl (vmailer@solar.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.28]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id f88J9hg14754 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:09:44 -0400 Received: from abeel.students.cs.uu.nl (abeel.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.40]) by mail.students.cs.uu.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7AC285ED for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 21:09:42 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 21:09:42 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andor Demarteau To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Braille access to iPaq! (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > I have Braille access to my iPaq! Just thought I'd announce my success, > because I find it cool! question: 1. what's an Ipaq 2. what are it's features? 3. what would this setup cost totally > We (Nicolas Pitre and myself) have successfully ported BRLTTY to the iPaq > and tested the setup by interfacing with a BrailleLite 18 through the > serial port. > > BRLTTY is a program that allows access to the Linux text-mode console > using various brands of Braille displays. > > The BrailleLite is a small electronic Braille notetaker device which can > act as a small refreshable Braille display. It also has keys so I can not > only read but also type. > > So there's just the iPaq and the BrailleLite device (with a horrible > cable in between) and that's all I need to fully use the console on > the iPaq (in text-mode). A pretty powerful setup, yet very small. > > At the Ottawa Linux Symposium in July, using a network card in my iPaq > and borrowing the internet connection they supplied, I was actually able > to logon to the net and go read my E-mail, using ssh, pine and lynx! > > It should be possible to duplicate this setup with other Braille display > models or other PDAs. > > -- > Stéphane Doyon > > http://pages.infinit.net/sdoyon/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!