From: Dave Mielke <dave@mielke.cc>
To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Grade 2 for Brltty (was looking for...
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:14:53 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0111261312480.985-100000@dave.private.mielke.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.40.0111261259270.2057-100000@beethoven.wgaughan.net>
[quoted lines by Bill Gaughan on November 26, 2001, at 13:08]
>The problem of translating only enough text to fill the display at one
>time is this. You would be unable to continuously read grade two text
>without having to always toggle back to computer braille, advance the
>display, then toggle back to grade two, then toggle back to computer
>braille, then advance the display then toggle back to grade two braille,
>etc. This would be really annoying and would, in my opinion render grade
>two braille in brltty useless.
No, it wouldn't be that complicated at all. BRLTTY would simply translate as
necessary, i.e. each time the braille window is refreshed or moved. We'd just
need to ensure that the translation routine is fast enough so as to be as close
to unnoticeable as possible.
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` Jacek Zadrozny
` Bill Gaughan
` Dave Mielke
` Grade 2 and Brltty (was " John J. Boyer
` Bill Gaughan
` Grade 2 for Brltty (was " John J. Boyer
` Bill Gaughan
` Dave Mielke [this message]
` John J. Boyer
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