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Install this package:

emerge -a app-accessibility/brltty

If the package is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:

autounmask app-accessibility/brltty

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a app-accessibility/brltty

Package Information

Description:
BRLTTY is a background process (daemon) which provides access to the Linux/Unix console (when in text mode) for a blind person using a refreshable braille display. It drives the braille display, and provides complete screen review functionality. Some speech capability has also been incorporated.
Homepage:
https://brltty.app/
License:
LGPL-2.1+

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
6.9 8 ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 0
6.8 8 ~alpha amd64 ~arm arm64 ~loong ~ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86 0
6.7 8 ~alpha amd64 ~arm arm64 ~loong ~ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86 0

Metadata

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Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>accessibility@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Accessibility Project</name>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription lang="en">
BRLTTY is a background process (daemon) which provides access to the Linux/Unix
console (when in text mode) for a blind person using a refreshable braille
display. It drives the braille display, and provides complete screen review
functionality. Some speech capability has also been incorporated. 
</longdescription>
	<longdescription lang="ja">
BRLTTYは、盲人用ブライユ点字ディスプレイのためのLinux/Unixコンソールを制御するバ
ックグラウンド・プロセス(デーモン)です。ブライユ点字ディスプレイを動かし、その多
機能な完全なスクリーン・レビューを提供します。幾つかの台詞読み上げ機能も統合され
ています。
</longdescription>
	<use>
		<flag name="api">build brltty's application program interface</flag>
		<flag name="beeper">support the console tone generator</flag>
		<flag name="fm">support for the sound card synthesizer</flag>
		<flag name="hid">support for opening and closing a HID device</flag>
		<flag name="louis">Use braille translator <pkg>dev-libs/liblouis</pkg></flag>
		<flag name="midi">support the musical instrument digital interface</flag>
		<flag name="pcm">support for sound card digital audio</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:mielke:brltty</remote-id>
		<remote-id type="github">brltty/brltty</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

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USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p app-accessibility/brltty | euse -E <flag> -p app-accessibility/brltty | euse -D <flag> -p app-accessibility/brltty

Flag Description 6.9 6.8 6.7
X Add support for X11 ✓ ✓ ✓
api build brltty's application program interface ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
beeper support the console tone generator ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
bluetooth Enable Bluetooth Support ✓ ✓ ✓
caps Use Linux capabilities library to control privilege ✓ ✓ ✗
doc Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally ✗ ✗ ✓
emacs Add support for GNU Emacs ✓ ✓ ✗
fm support for the sound card synthesizer ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
gpm Add support for sys-libs/gpm (Console-based mouse driver) ✓ ✓ ✓
hid support for opening and closing a HID device ⊕ ⊕ ✗
iconv Enable support for the iconv character set conversion library ✓ ✓ ✓
icu Enable ICU (Internationalization Components for Unicode) support, using dev-libs/icu ✓ ✓ ✓
java Add support for Java ✓ ✓ ✓
louis Use braille translator <pkg>dev-libs/liblouis</pkg> ✓ ✓ ✓
lua Enable Lua scripting support ✓ ✓ ✗
midi support the musical instrument digital interface ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
ncurses Add ncurses support (console display library) ✓ ✓ ✓
nls Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities) ✓ ✓ ✓
ocaml Add support/bindings for the Ocaml language ✓ ✓ ✓
pcm support for sound card digital audio ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
pcre Add support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions ⊕ ⊕ ✗
policykit Enable PolicyKit (polkit) authentication support ✓ ✓ ✓
python Add optional support/bindings for the Python language ✓ ✓ ✓
speech Enable text-to-speech support ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
systemd Enable use of systemd-specific libraries and features like socket activation or session tracking ✓ ✓ ✓
tcl Add support the Tcl language ✓ ✓ ✓
usb Add USB support to applications that have optional USB support (e.g. cups) ✓ ✓ ✓
xml Add support for XML files ✓ ✓ ✓

Files

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST brltty-6.7.tar.xz 3727940 bytes 6.7
DIST brltty-6.8.tar.xz 3901252 bytes 6.8
DIST brltty-6.9.tar.xz 9279984 bytes 6.9
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