BrailleSupport

Revision 3 as of 2006-10-17 18:25:24

Clear message

Summary

Provide Braille output support that Just Works.

Rationale

Synthetic speech output works quite well by default on Ubuntu via Orca and Festival or Speakup and eSpeak. Some visually impaired users prefer to use Braille, and sometimes speech output is not an option.

Use cases

  • Irina is a blind Ubuntu user who uses both speech output and braille, but she has had some trouble configuring her braille device.
  • Arthur is defblind and therefore relies completely on braille for computer interaction. Entering several commands on the command line to get brltty running is not a good solution for him.

Scope

Provide simple and independant use of braille devives on the Live CD and through the install.

Design

  • Add a Braille option to the F5 Live menu.
  • Design a simple setup system for Braille devices. USB ones can generally be auto-detected, but serial devices require configuration (can any bluetooth devices be auto-configured?).
  • Make Orca and/or speakup do the right thing when braille has been configured.

Implementation

Code

Unresolved issues

BoF agenda and discussion

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