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- Title: BRLTTY - Access software for Unix for a blind person
- using a soft Braille terminal
- Version: 1.0, 26JUL96
- Entered-date: 28JUL96
- Description: BRLTTY is a daemon which provides access to a Unix console
- for a blind person using a soft Braille display (see the
- README file for a full explanation).
-
- BRLTTY only works with text-mode applications.
-
- We hope that this system will be expanded to support
- other soft Braille displays, and possibly even other
- Unix-like platforms.
- Keywords: Braille console access visually impaired blind
- Author: nn201@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nikhil Nair)
- nico@cam.org (Nicolas Pitre)
- doyons@jsp.umontreal.ca (Stephane Doyon)
- jrbowden@bcs.org.uk (James Bowden)
- Maintained-by: nn201@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nikhil Nair)
- Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/utils/console
- 105kb brltty-1.0.tar.gz (includes the README file)
- 6kb brltty-1.0.README
- Platforms: Linux (kernel 1.1.92 or later) running on a PC or DEC Alpha.
- Not X/graphics.
- Supported Braille displays (serial communication only):
- - Tieman B.V.: CombiBraille 25/45/85;
- - Alva B.V.: ABT3xx series;
- - Telesensory Systems Inc.: PowerBraille 40 (not 65/80),
- Navigator 20/40/80 (latest firmware version only?).
- Copying-policy: GPL
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