On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > I have Braille access to my iPaq! Just thought I'd announce my success, > because I find it cool! question: 1. what's an Ipaq 2. what are it's features? 3. what would this setup cost totally > We (Nicolas Pitre and myself) have successfully ported BRLTTY to the iPaq > and tested the setup by interfacing with a BrailleLite 18 through the > serial port. > > BRLTTY is a program that allows access to the Linux text-mode console > using various brands of Braille displays. > > The BrailleLite is a small electronic Braille notetaker device which can > act as a small refreshable Braille display. It also has keys so I can not > only read but also type. > > So there's just the iPaq and the BrailleLite device (with a horrible > cable in between) and that's all I need to fully use the console on > the iPaq (in text-mode). A pretty powerful setup, yet very small. > > At the Ottawa Linux Symposium in July, using a network card in my iPaq > and borrowing the internet connection they supplied, I was actually able > to logon to the net and go read my E-mail, using ssh, pine and lynx! > > It should be possible to duplicate this setup with other Braille display > models or other PDAs. > > -- > Stéphane Doyon > <s.doyon@videotron.ca> > http://pages.infinit.net/sdoyon/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!