Fw: BrailleNote and brltty

[B. Alan Mattison]

I don't know whether or not this made it here, but here is a conversation I
had this morning with Dave Mielk.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Mielke" <dave at mielke.cc>
To: "B. Alan Mattison" <alan.mattison at abq.com>
Cc: "BrailleNote discussion list" <braillenote at lyris.pulsedata.co.nz>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: BrailleNote and brltty


> [quoted lines by B. Alan Mattison on January 13, 2003, at 06:33]
>
> Hi:
>
> >1(  How do you get a tab character to the console using BrailleNote with
> >brltty?
>
> Yes, that isn't obvious. A tab is a CTRL-I. You need to know what the text
> translation table you're using specifies for that. Control letters usually
are
> the letter with dots 7 and 8 added, meaning that a CTRL-I (a tab) would
> normally be dots 2478.
>
> Another way it can be done is to enter the hexadecimal value of a tab
> character, i.e. 09. First press chord-x (space+[1346]). Then enter the two
> digits 0 and 9. Finally press space+enter.
>
> These really aren't adequate. Thank you for bringing this issue to my
> attention.
> I'll add an easy and documented way to enter a tab (as well as any other
common
>  control characters that I can think of). This enhancement will be in
BRLTTY
> 3.2.
>
> >Where do I find out how to use the speach facility with brltty?  I have
> >ViaVoice linked ans working (it says), but I can't find out how to make
it
> >talk.  Is there a way to get it to read a screenful?
>
> BRLTTY only has basic speech support so far. The two functions which the
> BrailleNote driver currently supports are chord-s (space+[234]) which
speaks
> the current line, and chord-m (space+[134]) which mutes (or stops)
whatever is
> being spoken at the moment. BRLTTY currently supports one more function
which
> the BrailleNote driver doesn't provide access to, i.e. speak from the
current
> line to the bottom of the screen. If you'd like, this can easily be added.
>
> We're also considering adding more speech functions to BRLTTY.
Suggestions are
> always welcome.
>
> >I think that others might find these answers worth  reading, so if you
could
> >cc your reply to the list, I think others would appreciate it.  I know I
> >would if I hadn't been the one asking the questions.
>
> I have done so, but I'm not sure if my reply will actually get posted to
the
> list since I'm not subscribed to it. Feel free to forward my reply to the
list
> if it doesn't show up there.
>
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