Hi. Thanks to a really nice co-operation between display manufacturer Handy Tech[1] from Germany and a reseller company named Transdanubia[2] From Vienna, support for all (line-based) braille products of Handy Tech is now complete with this patch which adds support for the Easy Braille[3].
This display has 10 keys, arranged like on many other Handy Tech products to resemble an 8-dot braille keyboard with two space keys. The two space keys are very large and can easy be hit with the thumb. InputMode is also supported on this model, simply hit B1+B8+DN to enable, and B1+B8+UP to switch back to navigation mode. In InputMode, the left space key becomes the control modifier and the right space key can be used to simulate Alt. All in all, this baby is extremely small. Its in the same size-category as the Papenmeier Slimline series or the BAUM Vario products. However, it (especially the keys) feels very robust despite the small size. Personal comment, I really like it. Thanks go out to Handy Tech and Transdanubia for continuously providing me with samples of their new models. All the shipment and/or transportation costs to get hardware to me (and back) were (and are) sponsored by these two companies, and they have always been extremely helpful with any problems that might have come up. [1] http://www.handytech.de/ [2] http://www.tsb.co.at/ [3] http://www.handytech.de/en/normal/products/for-blind/easy-braille/index.html
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Index: BrailleDrivers/HandyTech/Makefile.in
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--- BrailleDrivers/HandyTech/Makefile.in (revision 3088)
+++ BrailleDrivers/HandyTech/Makefile.in (working copy)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
DRIVER_CODE = ht
DRIVER_NAME = HandyTech
-DRIVER_COMMENT = Modular 20/40/80, Modular Evolution 64/88, Braille Wave 40, Braille Star 40/80, Bookworm, Braillino 20
+DRIVER_COMMENT = Modular 20/40/80, Modular Evolution 64/88, Braille Wave 40, Easy Braille, Braille Star 40/80, Bookworm, Braillino 20
DRIVER_VERSION = 0.4
DRIVER_DEVELOPERS = Andreas Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Mielke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mario Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
HELP_DEPS = $(HELP_TEXT)
Index: BrailleDrivers/HandyTech/help4.txt
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--- BrailleDrivers/HandyTech/help4.txt (revision 0)
+++ BrailleDrivers/HandyTech/help4.txt (revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+BRLTTY Help for Handy Tech Easy Braille Displays
+From left to right, the front keys are: B1 B2 B3 B4 UP DN B5 B6 B7 B8
+
+Movement Commands:
+UP go left one window
+DN go right one window
+B1 go to cursor
+B1 UP go to left end of line
+B1 DN go to right end of line
+B2 go to top-left corner
+B2 UP go to top line
+B2 DN go to bottom line
+B3 go to last motion
+B3 UP go left half window
+B3 DN go right half window
+B6 UP go left one character
+B6 DN go right one character
+B4 go up one line
+B5 go down one line
+B4 b1 go up to last line of previous paragraph
+B5 b1 go down to first line of next paragraph
+B4 b2 go up to previous command prompt
+B5 b2 go down to next command prompt
+B4 b3 go up to previous line containing cut buffer
+B5 b3 go down to next line containing cut buffer
+B4 b6 go up to nearest line with different highlighting
+B5 b6 go down to nearest line with different highlighting
+B4 b7 go up several lines
+B5 b7 go down several lines
+B4 b8 go up to nearest line with different content
+B5 b8 go down to nearest line with different content
+
+Modes and Features:
+b8 toggle help mode
+B8 B1 toggle cursor tracking
+B8 B2 toggle show cursor
+B8 B3 toggle show attributes
+B8 B6 toggle frozen screen
+B8 B7 toggle alert tunes
+B7 toggle six-dot braille
+B7 B1 toggle preferences menu
+B7 B2 load saved preferences
+B7 B3 save preferences
+B7 B6 toggle info mode
+B6 toggle display attributes
+B6 B1 toggle skip identical lines
+B6 B2 toggle skip blank windows
+B6 B3 toggle sliding window
+
+Routing Key Commands:
+Rn bring cursor to character
+B1 Rn bring left end of window to column
+B2 Rn describe character
+B3 Rn append to cut buffer from character
+B4 Rn start new cut buffer from character
+UP Rn go up to line not indented more than column
+DN Rn go down to line not indented more than column
+B5 Rn rectangular cut to character
+B6 Rn linear cut to character
+B7 Rn set mark
+B8 Rn go to mark
+
+Miscellaneous Commands:
+UP DN paste cut buffer at cursor position
+B2 B3 UP stop speaking
+B2 B3 DN say current line
+B1 B8 UP switch to navigation mode (the default)
+B1 B8 DN switch to input mode
+
+The front keys, when in input mode, are interpreted differently. The eight Bn
+keys are interpreted as the eight braille dots; pressing any combination of
+them inputs the corresponding character. The UP and DN bars are interpreted as
+space bars; pressing either of them inputs a space. Key combinations involving
+both the Bn keys and the UP/DN bars, as well as those involving the routing
+and/or status keys, still function as described above. The Bn (front key) to
+Dn (braille dot) mapping has been designed to represent the conventional
+layout, and is as follows: B1=D7 B2=D3 B3=D2 B4=D1 B5=D4 B6=D5 B7=D6 B8=D8
Index: BrailleDrivers/HandyTech/braille.c
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--- BrailleDrivers/HandyTech/braille.c (revision 3088)
+++ BrailleDrivers/HandyTech/braille.c (working copy)
@@ -184,6 +184,16 @@
.writeCells = writeStatusAndTextCells
}
,
+ { .identifier = 0X44,
+ .name = "Easy Braille",
+ .textCells = 40,
+ .statusCells = 0,
+ .helpPage = 4,
+ .interpretByte = interpretKeyByte,
+ .interpretKeys = interpretModularKeys,
+ .writeCells = writeStatusAndTextCells
+ }
+ ,
{ /* end of table */
.name = NULL
}
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