Getting Braille to Work

[Paul Hunt]

Yes the Pacmate displays work with Orca.

You need to edit the file

/etc/default/brltty

And change the no to a yes as is indicated.

Paul


On 27/05/09 15:07, Peter Torpey wrote:
>
> I installed Ubuntu 9.04 onto a separate partition on my PC which had 
> Windows XP Pro previously installed.
>
> I have a Pacmate display (from Freedom Scientific) hooked up to my 
> desktop PC via a USB cable.
>
> During the install of Ubuntu, I had choices only for installing with 
> speech or braille (not both).  It would have been nice to have both, 
> but I chose speech.
>
> The install went well with Orca.
>
> After the install, I chose to use braille in the Orca settings.
>
> Despite rebooting and logging in, however, I am still not seeing 
> anything on my braille display.
>
> Does the Pacmate USB display work with Ubuntu and/or Orca?
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Pete
>

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