Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Mar 1996 23:25:15 -0400 (WST) | From | Jose Vilmar Estacio de Souza <> | Subject | Re: Blind-access patch for Linux 1.3.x |
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On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Kenneth Albanowski wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Jose Vilmar Estacio de Souza wrote: > > > On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Kenneth Albanowski wrote: > > > > > > > > This patch is intended to make Linux easier for the blind to use. It was > > > based was produced and tested on 1.3.67, but should work on all 1.3.x > > > kernels. The following changes have been made: > > Hello Kenneth, > > I'm a blind person starting to use linux. I don't use Braillex, I use > > Braillotem made by KTS. Some times, the line in my Braillotem appears > > with characters not legible. I need to change to another console and go > > back to to the original. When I do this, the UN legible characters vanish. > > I think that this patch will solve this problem. > > I'd like also saw this patch included in future releases of linux. > > Your reader doesn't need special drivers? Yes then, it seems likely the patch > will fix your problem. If you'd like, here is a much simpler version you > could try. If this works, I'll record your device (is that "Braillotem" or > "Bailloterm"?) as being helped by the patch. OOPS!! sorry, Brailloterm. I'd like to say that I applied the original patch and it works fine to me. My linux version is 1.3.71 .
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