Attached is a proposed patch for the errata file, to tell about the
workaround.

Samuel
Index: errata.wml
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RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/devel/debian-installer/errata.wml,v
retrieving revision 1.154
diff -u -p -r1.154 errata.wml
--- errata.wml  22 Jan 2011 22:55:01 -0000      1.154
+++ errata.wml  31 Jan 2011 16:59:07 -0000
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ describing the problem.
 </p>
 
 <dl class="gloss">
+       <dt>Possibly non-working detected USB braille devices</dt>
+        <dd>When letting the Debian Installer detect a plugged USB braille
+        device, the latter may end up showing only "screen not in text
+        mode". This is due to a potential race between detection and frame
+        buffer start. A workaround is to pass <tt>brltty</tt> on the kernel
+        command line to force detection.
+       See <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/611648";>#611648</a>.
+       </dd>
+
        <dt>Potential installation problems with RTL8169-based network 
cards</dt>
        <dd>The Debian installer may be unable to use network cards based 
        on the RTL8169 family during the installation, which includes 

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