Re: [orca-list] Braille display keys

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I am in that situation as well, so thanks for the hint, I do like those
options in a text console, however, so it would be nice if orca could be
adjusted.

Vincent LE GOFF <vincent legoff srs gmail com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I answer to my own message, because it might help others.  My Braille
> display keys didn't work because I had configured BRLTTY to skip blank
> lines and skip identical lines.  Therefore, my navigation keys were
> connected to BRLTTY commands that Orca didn't interpret. I turned off
> these options and the keys work perfectly well.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Vincent
>
> On 12/18/2015 10:51 PM, Vincent LE GOFF wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm trying to have orca working with my Braille display and I've
> > gone a step further down the path.  BRLTTY is now up-to-date and,
> > thanks to the project's developers, my Braille display is now fully
> > supported.  I can use the keys of the Braille display in console
> > mode to browse through the window (or even type in it).
> >
> > But for some reason, this last part still doesn't work in Orca.  I
> > thought that Orca used BRLTTY (is that the same version I'm using in
> > console? I would have thought so).  The Braille display is
> > recognized and the Braille is displayed when I activate the Braille
> > in orca's preferences menu.  But I can't use the Braille display
> > keys to mavigate through the window, or type letters.  Is it
> > something I need to configure somehow?
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help,
> >
> > Vincent
>
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