Tim Böttcher (2025/12/28 23:19 +0100): > As for portable Linux setups, I'm with Nicolas on the RaspBerry Pi. > > The main issue is that you also need a power bank or similar mobile > power source capable of sustaining the RaspBerry Pi and any attached > devices. Those power banks exist, but aren't exactly tiny. So it's > somewhat portable, certainly less bulky than a laptop, but you still > needat least your Braille display, RaspBerry Pi and a power bank for a > minimal setup. Also note that the video dummy necessary to make Orca > think there's a screen attached is, as far as I know, only available > on Xorg, not Wayland. So if you want a GUI, that limits you to Xorg > for now.
Regarding the source of energy, that was actually the beauty of Mario's solution based on Handy Tech's Active Star. That device has a compartment inside of it which hadoriginally been conceived for you to put a phone inside of it. The use-case is that the phone connects to the braille display through bluetooth, and in addition this compartment had a small wire through which you could plug your phone to the braille device's battery. And so Mario's idea was to put a raspberry pi into it. I know another list memberwho does or at least did the same with success. On my side, I did want to do the same but always had issues in peering the RPi with the braille device, which I found quite a pity. Coming to what Nicolas says about braille devices running Linux, I think that this is the case e.g. for Eurobraille's last device whose name I can't remember right now. Linux also seems popular among portable digital book players, as I am sure Nicolas knows. ;-) But it seems that nowadays Android has become a serious concurrent for Linux in that field. Maybe one way out would be to look into Linux-based phones? Seb. _______________________________________________ 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
