braille display devices are available. unfortunately, they often cost well into the mid thousands and most of us blind folks cannot afford that essential technology.
as for driver support, that is still entirely up to the hardware vendor to provide either the API or communications protocols for that device. I have a BrailleX ELBA-40 here (40 column braille display). unfortunately, it does not work because of a battery failure. it can connect either through a wireless pcmcia card or via USB port. I acquired it on the used market for $950 and it took me nearly a year to pay it off. as for the braille interface drivers, most are pretty standard across linux and UNIX/BSD systems. -eric On Jul 28, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> give me a year and I should also know braille sufficiently to make reading man >> pages a bit easier (although I would still prefer a more usable format for >> editing, etc. > I fortunately have working eyes, but i fully understand blind people, and completely don't understand why there is still no "braile terminal" available. > > This (with classic unix software) would be IMHO golden solution for blind people. > > I mean no full screen but just a braile printer as terminal.
