Subject: Accessibility for blinds to NetBSD
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Yannick PLASSIARD <yannick.plassiard@free.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/23/2001 09:43:44
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Hello,
I am a blind user of Linux for now, but, for some reasons, I must =
use a NetBSD system. To do so, I thought about making a port of the =
BrlTty (http://www.mielke.cc/brltty) to the NetBSD system. The BrlTty =
program actually runs only on a Linux box. The main problem is that in =
NetBSD, there is no Virtual Console Screen Access implemented: under =
Linux, the VCSA interface is used to grab informations from the screen. =
So, tu make brltty running on the NetBSD system, I have two questions:
* Is there a way to emulate the Linux VCSA interface on the NetBSD =
system ?
* and how could I create and access a virtual terminal (in a C source)?
The second sollution could be better because BrlTty would be portable to =
any UNIX-style system without the need to implement oremulate a VCSA =
interface.
Best regards to all of you,
Yannick PLASSIARD
yannick.plassiard@free.fr
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I am a blind user of =
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problem is that in NetBSD, there is no Virtual Console Screen Access=20
implemented: under Linux, the VCSA interface is used to grab =
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questions:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Is there a way to emulate the Linux =
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interface on the NetBSD system ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* and how could I create and access a =
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terminal (in a C source)?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The second sollution could be better =
because BrlTty=20
would be portable to any UNIX-style system without the need to implement =
oremulate a VCSA interface.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best regards to all of =
you,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Yannick =
PLASSIARD</FONT></DIV>
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yannick.plassiard@free.fr</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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