Re: [orca-list] the low cost canute braille display

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

Well, there's enough processing power in the latest raspberryPI to make it refresh fast enough if the code is 
right, and it's fos, so someone should 
make it right if it is not.
I think this has a lot of potential, and now that the word is out hopefuly mor  ppl will start contributing 
to the project.
I've never had any e-braille device, but this is coming pretty close to being something I'd find a way to 
afford assuming the code gets written so that 
I can use it with screenreader output, i.e. not just as a ebook reader. 
  

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  Jason White wrote:
Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 07:11:14PM -0400

> Josh K <joshknnd1982 gmail com> wrote:
> > its almost here! the low cost multiline braille display called the canute
> > will cost about $650. 
>
> Interesting - thank you for the reference. There isn't much technical detail
> in the announcement. For example, we don't know how quickly the display can
> refresh. Some designs do not refresh quickly enough for interactive use, e.g.,
> editing a document, while being perfectly usable for reading a book.
> Reliability is obviously another unanswered question.
>
> Orca relies on BRLTTY for braille display support, which, obviously, isn't
> designed for multi-line displays. If and when such displays become available,
> however, I'm sure this limitation can be overcome, and Orca will also gain any
> necessary enhancements.
>
> There are several other projects working toward multi-line displays currently,
> including devices designed to support both text and graphics.
>
> I hope Linux, BRLTTY and Orca will be part of any braille display revolution
> that may happen.
>
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