From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.util.phx.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5IJFXNv023566 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:15:34 -0400 Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id i5IJFXE23108 for blinux-list@listman.util.phx.redhat.com; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:15:33 -0400 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i5IJFX023104 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:15:33 -0400 Received: from outbound1.mail.tds.net (outbound1.mail.tds.net [216.170.230.91]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5IJFRXn026610 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:15:27 -0400 Received: from jumbo.chpi.org (mdsnwi11-vlan427-40.wi.tds.net [66.222.63.40]) by outbound1.mail.tds.net (8.12.10/8.12.2) with ESMTP id i5IJFMq8015074 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:15:26 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:14:31 -0500 (CDT) From: "John J. Boyer" To: blinux-list@redhat.com Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-RedHat-Spam-Score: 0 X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Testing a Steno keyboard X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: junk Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 19:15:34 -0000 I'm beginning work on a real-time captioning program. This is of interest at least to the deaf-blind people on this list. Soon I will have a steno keyboard, like the ones used by court reporters, hooked up to a serial prot on my Linux machine. I have no technical information about the keyboard. What program can I use to find out its baud rate, data bits, etc.? It probably sends several characters in quick succession, and these may not be ASCII. Will this program display these characters? Eventually, the real-time captioning program will perform keyboard emulation, like some of the drivers in brltty. How does brltty do this? I've been looking at the Braille Lite driver, but I can't find out how it gets the input into the system's keyboard buffer or whatever. Thanks, John -- John J. Boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703