Hey, I mean, Apple wants VoiceOver to be our one, our only, our one-stop solution for accessibility.
Why should they make installing BRLTTY easy? I'd actually be curious if installing it on a Linux console works smoothly, though - since, as mentioned before, VoiceOver might have a (more or less) monopoly on your braille displays' drivers... Kind regards, Tim > Am 12.02.2025 um 21:13 schrieb Anders Holmberg <[email protected]>: > > Hi! > Seems very clumsy and complicated. > I rather install it on a linux console then. > /A > >> 12 feb. 2025 kl. 13:35 skrev Yannick Plassiard <[email protected]>: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> Long story short: it is possible with a bit of hacking. If I remember, >> you'll need to have a recent version of "screen" (4.9), compiled from >> sources with a patch applied to make the screen region visible to Brltty. >> >> After that, you can compile Brltty (after cloning the Git repository), and >> start both programs as root to make them work. >> >> >> I found several issues while doing this though: >> >> - If your braille display is supported by Apple's VoiceOver, it's much >> harder for Brltty to take ownership of it. >> >> - Sometimes, Brltty fails to insert keys and keep printing "screen is >> initializing..." on the braille display. I guess this has something to do >> with the IPC communication with Screen, but I did not have enough time to >> investigate. >> >> >> It won't solve your issue, but I found it easier to have Brltty running on a >> Raspberry Pi model (plugged to the Mac for power supply), and ssh-ing to the >> Mac to have a much reliable experience. >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> Yannick >> >> >>> Le 12/02/2025 à 10:47, Mattia Scattolin a écrit : >>> I have the same question. Hope to find a way to make it working on a Mac. >>> At the moment I use it with an ute virtual machine. >>> >>> Mattia >>> >>>> Il giorno 11 feb 2025, alle ore 21:26, Anders Holmberg >>>> <[email protected]> ha scritto: >>>> >>>> Hi! >>>> Is it possible to install bratty onto a Mac mini with M1 chip? >>>> Instructions if possible please. >>>> /A >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. >>>> To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] >>>> For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. >> To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] >> For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
