Linux on BrailleNotes

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but, if as we talk about wiping the thing out, horid shit is gone...
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net" <blindtech at blindtechs.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: Linux on BrailleNotes


> why does everyone want software speech? we got that horrid keynote  
> gold crap chip built in. or is it that no one has wrote a driver to  
> use it yet?
> On Feb 1, 2006, at 3:55 PM, Garrett Klein wrote:
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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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