for X: GTK DM (gnome 3, fvwm or XFCE with ORCA (this for the X desktop) after installation. EMACSpeak for the CLI at system start. I am not sure what packages would be available that could send data to the USB port for a plug in braille display device. I may have to look around and see whats available.
I did try speak up a long time ago (about 4 or 5 years back and it never worked they way it could have (thats the problem with trying to compile a linux package on BSD). It kept wanting a linux kernel module and the ugly hack I tried (piping its output through sox instead) resulted in a very unstable (and unworkable situation). one project called BRLTTY has some promise for the console (command line). it can be run as a background process and should be able to be piped via USB. THe project is here: BRLTTY - Official Home I think BRLTTY may use a pluggable module system in linux. If so, there may have to be changes made to get it working in BSD. EMACSpeak is another project (located here: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ ). There is also an excellent article on accessibility for the blind linux user from boot up to shut down here: http://jasonjgw.net/lca/ ). I hope this gives you some idea of what I am looking for. On Jul 6, 2013, at 10:09 PM, Johan Beisser wrote: > On Jul 6, 2013, at 21:53, Nick Holland <n...@holland-consulting.net> wrote: > >> >> Feel free to take this off list with me if you prefer. >> > > I kind of hope you keep this on list, actually. While I'm not affected by the problem, I'm interested in the problem and solutions.
