Getting Braille to Work

[Peter Torpey]

Paul,

 

That was easy.  Thanks.

 

Now, do you know how I get braille grade 2 translation turned on?

 

I'm surprised that Orca didn't get brltty running since there is a checkbox
in the Orca settings to use braille.  I guess that doesn't do anything
unless you edit the BRLTTY file.  Oh well.  It would be nice if checking
that box in Orca would make that work and also if there were a selection to
use Grade 1 or 2.

 

Anyway, thanks again.  I'm getting used to Orca and Ubuntu slowly but
surely!

 

--Pete

 

From: Paul Hunt [mailto:huntp at ukonline.co.uk] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:49 AM
To: ptorpey at rochester.rr.com
Cc: ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: Getting Braille to Work

 

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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