From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A75873EBBA for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:24:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (IDENT:root@lacrosse.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.154]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2LGOfm25180 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:24:41 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) id g2LGOeT20117 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:24:40 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g2LGOei20113; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:24:40 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2LGOem25174; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:24:40 -0500 Received: from mielke.cc (IDENT:root@CPE00608c86a77d.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [24.157.76.7]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2LGMc929082; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:22:38 -0500 Received: from dave.private.mielke.cc (root@dave.private.mielke.cc [192.168.0.2]) by mielke.cc (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2LGOcH29860; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:24:38 -0500 Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by dave.private.mielke.cc (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA18995; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:23:04 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: dave.private.mielke.cc: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:23:02 -0500 (EST) From: Dave Mielke To: "Linux General Discussion for Blind Users (mailing list)" , "Linux Announcements for Blind Users (mailing list)" Subject: BRLTTY and grade 2 english braille. Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: The latest beta release of BRLTTY now supports grade 2 US English Braille. Please try it out and give us feedback so that we can improve it where necessary. Please also verify that all BRLTTY features which you need are working correctly. If all is well, BRLTTY 3.0 will finally be released in a couple of weeks. Download this latest version of BRLTTY as follows: Go to: http://mielke.cc/brltty/ Select: Download Select: Current Release Read a few lines till you find "latest beta". Download: brltty-2.99.7.tar.gz The contracted Braille feature isn't yet documented, but that'll come. For now, here's its "secret activation code". First: Invoke BRLTTY with its new -c (--contraction-table=) option, specifying the Grade 2 US English Braille contraction table (en-us-g2.ctb). brltty -c en-us-g2.ctb Second: Activate the six-dot braille feature. This can be done either via BRLTTY's preferences menu or with whatever the right key combination is for your particular braille display. Third: That's it! The six-dot braille feature does it's normal thing, i.e. just turn off dots 7 and 8, if a contraction table isn't specified, but does in-line braille contracting if one is. -- Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me EMail: dave@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | if you're concerned about Hell. http://familyradio.com