typing in braille

[Samuel Thibault]

Josh Kennedy, le Sun 28 Apr 2013 15:51:09 -0400, a écrit :
> could you also please add the ability to use the sdfjkl keys where:
> s is dot 3
> d is dot 2
> f is dot 1
> j is dot 4
> k is dot 5
> l is dot 6.

This is already in there in plain Xorg: you can use the brai layout. You
can use a key to toggle between two groups, a classical layout and the
brai layout.

You can then define the computer braille - text relation in .XCompose,
e.g.

<braille_dots_1> : "a"
<braille_dots_12> : "b"

etc.

More details are available on http://brl.thefreecat.org/wiki/Xorg

> to use as a perkins keyboard to type computer braille and if the user
> wishes to write in grade2 english braille into any edit field in a
> desktop.

grade2 input can not be done through the method above, however. One
would have to implement an xim/scim/whatever module for that, which
could also implement grade1 instead of doing it by hand in .XCompose. It
should probably be based on liblouis to make the translation.

> also please add the ability to use bluetooth braille keyboards like
> the braillePen slim.

This is rather a request for the Linux kernel, as Xorg does not manage
bluetooth devices.

Samuel