Re: [orca-list] how to get alva bc640 to work?

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com> wrote:
> I don't know much about braille displays but I know that one is
> supported by brltty. Shouldn't it just be plug and play? 


It should be, and often it is. However, as I remember from the BRLTTY list,
there have been problems with some versions of the Alva BC640 firmware.

My advice would  be to try to use it first at the Linux console with BRLTTY.
If this fails, write to the BRLTTY mailing list. Once BRLTTY is working
properly with the display, Orca should be able to support it, since Orca uses
BRLTTY to control the display.