Hi, I saved this message and I want to try in the weekend. The fact is that I want to use BRLTTY in conjunction with the development version of NVDA. The fact is that it needs brlapi, and I don't know if using cygwin I can call BRLAPI as if I use the compiled windows version. Thanks again and I let you know my tests.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Maschmeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY." <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] brltty windows version and braillenote > Here's some free advice. It might be worth every penny of it... <grin> > > Someone else reported that the BrailleNote currently doesn't work in the > Windows version and that one of the developers indicated a quick solution is > not feasible at this time. > > However, you can get a working system quite easily. It's not very elegant > and takes up a bit more disk space, but it does work. Note that it will take > effect only for console applications - i.e., the DOS box and programs that > run in it. > > What you do is to install a minimal Cygwin system and include Accessibility. > This will get you a working brltty which does include the BrailleNote. It's > not hard, but there are several steps you need to take. > > To do it: > > 1. Go to www.cygwin.com and click on the "Install Cygwin now" link. This > will download a program called setup.exe. > > 2. Run this program. Take all the defaults until you're presented with a > list of mirrors. Choose one or more mirrors that are near you. > > 3. On the next screen your PC cursor is on a checkbox that says `Curr'. You > must now use your mouse emulator. Starting from this checkbox, go down 3 > lines or so to a line that begins: "Accessibility Default". Left click on > the word Default and it will change to Install. Then press Enter, wait for > things to download, and press Enter on the Finish button. > > 4. In the Windows Run dialog, type: > > c:\cygwin\bin\brltty.exe -b bn -d serial:ttyS0 -<other options as needed> > > Note that this command is case sensitive, so be sure to use the uppercase S > as indicated above. > > This will probably fail with some missing routines. Find their location(s) > and add them to the Windows Path variable. Do this repeatedly until you can > run brltty from the Run dialog. > > Now any time you run a console application you'll have brltty controlling > the braille device. You may have to convince your Windows screen reader to > get out of the way (in Jaws, for example, enable Braille Sleep Mode for any > applications where you want brltty to work). > > I suggested this to someone before but never heard anything. I don't know > whether they tried it or whether they had any unforeseen problems. Please > let us know how it works for you so I don't keep burdening the list, > especially if it doesn't work (but I think it will). > > Good luck, > > -- > > Lee Maschmeyer > Wayne State University > Detroit, Michigan, USA > > > _______________________________________________ > 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://mielke.cc/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://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
