Package: brltty (3.7.2-7)

Access software for a blind person using a soft braille terminal

BRLTTY is a daemon which provides access to the Linux console (text mode) for a blind person using a soft braille display. It drives the braille terminal and provides complete screen review functionality. The following display models are supported:

 * Alva (ABT3xx/Delphi)
 * Baum
 * BrailleLite (18/40)
 * BrailleNote (18/32)
 * EcoBraille displays
 * EuroBraille displays
 * Freedom Scientific (Focus and PacMate)
 * HandyTech (Bookworm/Braillino/Braille Wave/Braille Star/Modular)
 * LogText 32
 * MDV braille displays
 * Papenmeier
 * Tieman Voyager 44/70 (USB), CombiBraille, MiniBraille and MultiBraille
 * Tivomatic (Albatross)
 * TSI (PowerBraille/Navigator)
 * Videobraille
 * VisioBraille

BRLTTY also provides a client/server based infrastructure for applications wishing to utilize a Braille display. The daemon process listens for incoming TCP/IP connections on a certain port. A shared object library for clients is provided in the package libbrlapi. A static library, header files and documentation is provided in package libbrlapi-dev.

Tags: Accessibility Support: Screen Reading, Implemented in: C, User Interface: Text-based Interactive, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Interface Toolkit: Ncurses TUI, Purpose: Hardware Driver