If you pair the device using vo, and then turn vo off to use brltty, how would this work? My device, a Humanware bi 40 is supported by vo and I have paired it successfully. I had to remove the device so Brltty on Linux would see it again.
On Sat, 02 Sep 2017 21:34:23 -0400, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > > Have you got brltty running yet at all - with usb or usb-serial? If not, I > would concentrate on this first. I have in the past used bluetooth with my > Braille Edge but haven't for a while and couldn't this evening. Something in > bluetooth on the Mac may have been changed since I ran brltty with it last or > I may be overlooking something; the Braille Edge does pair with the Mac using > voiceover and also connects. > > There's a Bluetooth.Readme in Documents in the brltty source but the Mac info > isn't there so it probably will go into the Mac readme when completed. > > If your braille device is supported by Apple, the place to pair it is not in > System Preferences > Bluetooth but in Voiceover Utility > braille. If your > braille device is not supported by Apple, then I think you would pair it in > System Preferences > Bluetooth. > > In order to use the braille display with bluetooth once it is paired, you > need to either specify this on the command line or in the brltty.conf file. > The braille-device directive in the brltty.conf shows a bluetooth line that > you would use. For my braille edge I have it as follows: > braille-device bluetooth:00:12:34:56:78:6C (this is just a made-up address). > but again I wouldn't spend time working on this until you have it working > with a physical connection. > > On Sep 2, 2017, at 5:39 PM, John Covici <[email protected]> wrote: > > -- > Cheryl > > May the words of my mouth > and the meditation of my heart > be acceptable to You, Lord, > my rock and my Redeemer. > (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) > > > > > One thing -- is it possible to use Bluetooth and if so, how? Do you > just try to pair in the bluetooth button of system preferences, or > what? > > There was no mention in the tentative README. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > On Fri, 01 Sep 2017 11:55:11 -0400, > rmgls wrote: > > > > [1 <multipart/alternative (7bit)>] > > [1.1 <text/plain; us-ascii (quoted-printable)>] > > [1.2 <multipart/mixed (7bit)>] > > [1.2.1 <text/html; us-ascii (7bit)>] > > Hi, > > > > Sorry this time I attach the file (screen). > > > > Regards > > [1.2.2 screen <application/octet-stream (base64)>] > > [1.2.3 <text/html; us-ascii (quoted-printable)>] > > Raoul > > [email protected] > > > > On Sep 1, 2017, at 4:35 PM, Dave Mielke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > [quoted lines by rmgls on 2017/09/01 at 15:38 +0200] > > > > Email me privately I will help you. > > > > We really need a README.Mac that includes all known information on this > > topic. > > Is it possible that you and/or Cheryl could write one? I can't, since I > > don't > > even have a Mac on which to verify anything, but I don't mind editing > > whatever > > either of you sends me so that you don't need to be concerned with creating > > a > > perfect document. > > > > -- > > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | http://Mielke.cc/ > > Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ > > EMail: [email protected] | Canada K2A 1H7 | The Bible is the very Word of God. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.com/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > > > [2 <text/plain; us-ascii (7bit)>] > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.com/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > 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.com/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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.com/mailman/listinfo/brltty
