Re: Using a PC keyboard as braille keyboard
Mario Lang, le Sat 08 Mar 2008 13:19:34 +0100, a écrit :
> Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> writes:
> > On
> > http://coscell.molerat.net/
> > Coscell maintains the brlkey package, which uses the Linux input layer
> > to grab keys asdfjkl; and use them as a braille keyboard. I was
> > wondering whether it'd be useful to make a Debian package of it?
>
> Isn't there a fundamental problems with scancodes in most
> keyboards that prevents so many keys being pressed simulatneously
> in one row?
With bad keyboards, yes. With not so bad ones, asdf jkl; are
independant.
> WHen I tried to get your braille keymap for Linux working,
> I ran into that I guess since it did not work. Does brlkey
> do something to circumvent this problem?
No, that's really a hardware problem. Buy a better keyboard :)
Samuel
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