[BRLTTY] Two Braille Displays, one Laptop

Life in Six Dots hello at lifeinsixdots.com
Mon Feb 27 11:26:26 EST 2023


Thanks John, that would be good. I'll see if I can manage to do that. Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: BRLTTY <brltty-bounces at brltty.app> On Behalf Of John Covici
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 1:09 PM
To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.
<brltty at brltty.app>
Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Two Braille Displays, one Laptop

You could compile it from github, get the build dependencies and then use
git to bring it down and you can install from there.

On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:12:30 -0500,
Life in Six Dots wrote:
> 
> Thanks, that's very much appreciated. I will have a look at those 
> links. Paul
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BRLTTY <brltty-bounces at brltty.app> On Behalf Of Didier Spaier
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 11:10 AM
> To: brltty at brltty.app
> Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Two Braille Displays, one Laptop
> 
> Yes. Installation and usage are fully accessible with a screen reader and
with a braille display as well. Links below:
> https://slint.fr/
> https://slint.fr/en/HandBook.html#_install_slint
> https://slint.fr/en/support.html
> https://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-15.0/iso/
> 
> Didier
> 
> Le 27/02/2023 à 11:57, Life in Six Dots a écrit :
> > Thanks for the recommendation, Didier. I've not used Slint. Does it 
> > have an accessible installer where I can install the distro using 
> > only a braille display like I can with Arch, Debian, and Ubuntu? 
> > Paul
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: BRLTTY <brltty-bounces at brltty.app> On Behalf Of Didier Spaier
> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 10:32 AM
> > To: brltty at brltty.app
> > Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Two Braille Displays, one Laptop
> > 
> > I was about to suggest Slint, but I can't tell how long I will maintain
the current version, so probably it will not fit your project as per your
next message.
> > 
> > Didier
> > 
> > Le 27/02/2023 à 11:16, Life in Six Dots a écrit :
> >> Thanks Didier,
> >>
> >> So I'm either stuck on brltty 6.4-4ubuntu3 for the time being or I have
to consider a different distro.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: BRLTTY <brltty-bounces at brltty.app> On Behalf Of Didier Spaier
> >> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 10:02 AM
> >> To: brltty at brltty.app
> >> Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Two Braille Displays, one Laptop
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a update to brltty 6.5 
> >> available for
> >> 22.04 according to this page: 
> >> https://wiki.tnonline.net/w/Category:Btrfs
> >>
> >> Didier
> >>
> >> Le 27/02/2023 à 10:53, Life in Six Dots a écrit :
> >>> Thanks Dave, that's very much appreciated. I will see if I can 
> >>> force an upgrade on Ubuntu MATE 22.04. Paul
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: BRLTTY <brltty-bounces at brltty.app> On Behalf Of Dave Mielke
> >>> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 1:28 AM
> >>> To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.
> >>> <brltty at brltty.app>
> >>> Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Two Braille Displays, one Laptop
> >>>
> >>> [quoted lines by Life in Six Dots on 2023/02/26 at 20:57 -0000]
> >>>
> >>>> I meant to add that I am on version 6.4. It's the latest version 
> >>>> on Ubuntu MATE 22.04. Does that version support the HID of the 
> >>>> Brailliant
> >>> BI40X?
> >>>
> >>> No. You'll need 6.5 for that.
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