Re: Blind-access patch for Linux 1.3.x

Jose Vilmar Estacio de Souza (jvilmar@embratel.net.br)
Fri, 8 Mar 1996 23:25:15 -0400 (WST)


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 .

JVE

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