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 7BE812FDFB for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:03:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id f88J3EV14196 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:03:14 -0400 Received: from xanadu.home (modemcable084.137-200-24.mtl.mc.videotron.ca [24.200.137.84]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id f88J3Dg14192 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:03:13 -0400 Received: from localhost (nico@localhost) by xanadu.home (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA16093 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:03:10 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: xanadu.home: nico owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:03:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Nicolas Pitre X-X-Sender: To: Subject: Braille access to iPaq! (fwd) 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: Stéphane is not subscribed to blinux-list so I forward this upon him. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 23:10:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Stéphane Doyon To: ipaq@handhelds.org, wear-hard@haven.org Cc: Nicolas Pitre Subject: Braille access to iPaq! I have Braille access to my iPaq! Just thought I'd announce my success, because I find it cool! 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/