The problem is that Latex access is talking directly to BRLtty so there is no input file.
-Kevin > On Feb 24, 2015, at 8:47 PM, Dave Mielke <[email protected]> wrote: > > [quoted lines by Kevin Fjelsted on 2015/02/24 at 20:12 -0600] > >> Actually what I want is a pass through of what is showing on the display to >> a >> text file that I can then load into the Braille dispay. > > That wouldn't work very well because what shows up on the braille display is > simply the part of the screen that you're "looking" at at the moment. As you > move left and right, up and down, etc, this changes. You probably wouldn't > want > to carefully move through an entire document in order to create the kind of > file you're loking for as that'd be very tedious and error prone. > >> FOr example LatexAccess suports outputting to BRLTTY, however although this >> is >> great when one is on-line and reading the Braille with the display directly >> connected, I can't keep an archiaval of the output. So I want to take the >> xame >> output that was coming to the Braille display and store it in a text file. > > I understand. What you really want to do, though, is to recreate that output > in > a simple and error free way. That's exactly what the brltty-ctb command, that > comes with brltty, does for you. > > The brltty-ctb command has a -h (help) option that'll show you all the > details. > Basically, you point its standard input at the file you'd like to translate, > and the translation will be written to its standard output. The two options > you'll be particularly interested in are -c (contraction table) and -t (text > table). The contraction table, just like with brltty, in your case would be > latex-access. The text table should be the same text table that you use in > brltty. > > For a simple example: I speak English, and am in Canada where we use US Grade > 2 > for contracted braille. To translate a document (e.g. the Bible) into US > grade > 2 contracted braille, I'd do something like this: > > brltty-ctb <bible.txt >bible.brf -c en-us-g2 -t en_CA > > You need to specify the text table so that brltty-ctb will know which > characters to write in order for you to get the correct braille dot > combinations. If the text table isn't specified then brltty-ctb will write > out > the contracted braille using Unicode braille characters. If you have the > ability to view the output as Unicode braille characters then you needn't > specify the text table. > > -- > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | The Bible is the very Word of God. > Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ > EMail: [email protected] | Canada K2A 1H7 | http://FamilyRadio.org/ > _______________________________________________ > 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
