Hello, You can find the package that suse uses at, ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/blinux/src/ This contains documentation for it. In fact the version there says it does support combibraille. From Michael Whapples "An optamist is someone who has never had much experience" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lutz Kaiser" <lutz.kaiser@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 4:40 PM Subject: Re: Speakup and Suse 9.3 Professional > Hi, yes i've seen people working with Braile and a software-speach, on a > suse system. > > They told me some Brailedisplays would be automatically detect during > installation and it would be switched in a textmodus and all should be > usable by a blind person. > > but my combibraile does not belong to the braildisplays , which will be > detected. > I saw a site on the web, sblinux or blinux? where these displays are > mentioned. > > Sorry i can be of more help. > > The braildriver is called sblinux, if memory serves me right. > > Good luck, > Lutz > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darragh" <lists at digitaldarragh.com> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 3:29 PM > Subject: RE: Speakup and Suse 9.3 Professional > > >> Right. Sounds like this job could be a bit more of a challange than I >> thought. >> >> Realisticly, do you think someone can work with Suse using speech or >> Braille? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca >> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Janina Sajka >> Sent: 06 July 2005 14:30 >> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >> Subject: Re: Speakup and Suse 9.3 Professional >> >> >> We tried patching Speakup into a Suse kernel on two separate occasions >> and were ultimately unsuccessful. We were able to get the kernel patched >> and able to get Speakup to speak initially during boot, but the kernel >> Oops'd, and we never got beyond that. >> >> We also tried Brltty on Suse with mixed results, but this was before I >> understood about suse-blinux. >> >> Darragh writes: >> > Hello, >> > I've done some searching and although it looks like speakup isn't > included >> in suse 9.3 right from installation it does seem possible >> > to patch the kernel with it after installation. >> > >> > Unfortunately I've a bit of a problem. I need to provide support for >> installations of Suse 9.3 Professional. This will mean that >> > I'll need to get speakup working during installation or I'll need to > find >> another way of independantly installing Suse with either >> > speech or Braille support. >> > >> > I would be for ever in debt of the person who can help me out with >> > this. >> > >> > I do have a Pacmate 40 cell Braille display. I think someone told me a > few >> years ago that BrailleTTY could provide Braille support >> > during installation of Suse. Is this correct? >> > >> > Thanks for any help you can provide. >> > >> > >> > Darragh >> > -- >> > No virus found in this outgoing message. >> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/39 - Release Date: >> > 04/07/2005 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Speakup mailing list >> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> -- >> >> Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) >> janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org >> >> Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 >> Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com >> >> Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go > to >> http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/39 - Release Date: 04/07/2005 >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/39 - Release Date: 04/07/2005 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
