Linux on BrailleNotes

[tyler]

but why would you have to have a ui like keysoft? why not just have a 
command line? I think most people prefer that anyway, to me it seems more 
powerfull. maybe for installs you would have to have it, but I haven't seen 
a keysoft command line, but I was on the bn a few years ago, from what I 
understand, there have been quite a few things changed sense then.
Tyler Littlefield.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garrett Klein" <kleins at iquest.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: Linux on BrailleNotes


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> Theoretically it could be done... there is a port of Linux to the arm 
> architecture. The main issues I would see, as I've thought about something 
> similar for a PAC Mate, are:
>
> 1. Analising, reverse-engineering, and re-flashing the rom.
> 2. (this wouldn't necessarily be needed for the PAC Mate since its braille 
> display uses a modified USB connector) analising/reverse-engineering the 
> bus/communications protocol between the processor and the braille display.
> 3. Modifying brltty and the kernel to work with said bus/protocol.
> 4. Getting something like flite ported and integrated into the firmware 
> (it would all have to be burned into rom).
> 5. Getting the braille keyboard working, which would most likely involve a 
> completely revamped console/keymap system. Oh, the horror and nightmares 
> that would result from that!
> 6. Grade 2 Braille support, and back/forward translation (even more 
> terrifying than number 5!).
> 7. Creating a UI that's at least somewhat similar to KeySoft.
>
> I don't claim to be an expert at such things, but I consider myself 
> knowledgable enough when it comes to a general understanding of how to get 
> many things accomplished with computers. There's probably tons of stuff 
> that would also have to be accounted for, but once you've got the rom 
> hacked and the hardware drivers written everything else is just a question 
> of effort and perseverence.
>
> Garrett
>
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 07:57:31AM -0500, David Poehlman wrote:
>> As I understand it, not only the software but the hardware is
>> proprietary inside.  You'd have to wipe it and start over.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jonnie Apple Seed
>> With his:
>> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
>>
>>
>> On Feb 1, 2006, at 7:41 AM, BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net wrote:
>>
>> You know, I have thought about this for along time, and have thought
>> about how to go about iit. but never got started on thhe beginning
>> points of it, but believe mme, it crossed y mind a million times to
>> just say "Foget humanware and they crappy customer service" and just
>> some how get linux on my braillenote pk.
>>
>> On Feb 1, 2006, at 2:55 AM, Chris Norman wrote:
>>
>> > Hi people,
>> > Does anyone know weather or not there is a linux distribution which
>> > will
>> > work on the BrailleNote from PulseData?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Chris Norman
>> > <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com -->
>> >
>> >
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