Orca talking to BRLTTY problems.

[Nick.Adamson at generaldynamics.uk.com]

Thanks Janina.

I'm signed up to the Orca list at home but for some reason only known to
our IT Admins at work the mail from the orca list is blocked.

I'll try the upgrade.

Cheers.
Nick.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
Sent: 07 August 2007 18:46
To: Linux for blind general discussion
Subject: Re: Orca talking to BRLTTY problems.

Hi, Nick:

It is true that brltty (on the console) and orca (on the gui desktop)
share drivers. You should probably upgrade both brltty and brlapi to the
latest rpm releases available from:

http://dave.mielke.cc/brltty/

I should warn you that, even at that, another user has reported problems
using orca with braille. I would advise both of you to report this on
the orca list where orca developers are listening. I suspect we need the
attention of both orca and brltty developers until whatever issue is
impeding braille has been identified and remediated. The orca list can
be joined from:

http://live.gnome.org/Orca

Janina

Nick.Adamson at generaldynamics.uk.com writes:
> Hi All.
> 
> I'm sorry to be bombarding you all with questions but hopefully once
my
> systems setup I can be getting on with learning Linux rather than
> fighting with access tech.
> 
> I'm still having problems with BRLTTY.
> I've now managed to get a Focus display and have it working in the
> console with BRLTTY. My understanding is that BRLTTY can be used to
show
> what's on a console window but also can be driven from a screen reader
> like Orca.
> 
> I'm using the Speakup modified distribution which seems to come with
> BRLTTY 3.7.2. When in Gnome with orca running all I can see on the
> Braille display is "Screen Not In Text Mode". I'm making the
assumption
> that Orca isn't able to talk to BRLTTY.
> 
> The steps I'm using to start are:
> 1. boot the laptop.
> 2. log in as root.
> 3. hit alt f2
> 4. type in "brltty"
> 5. the Braille display shows "BRLTTY 3.7.2" and then "Screen not in
text
> mode"
> 6. hit alt F2.
> 7. type in "orca"
> 
> Orca starts talking but the Braille display isn't updated.
> 
> Any ideas?
> Cheers.
> Nick.
> 
> 
> 
> Nick Adamson
> Software Engineer
> General Dynamics UK LTD
> 
> Email: nick.adamson at generaldynamics.uk.com
> Tel: 01495 236467
> http://www.generaldynamics.uk.com
> 
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