Re:Man with ALS writes patch for Gnome using morse code (wit...
by JoshTriplett on Saturday February 26, 2011 @11:52PM
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If you mean an output device based on Braille, then yes, you can get a Braille terminal, or "refreshable Braille display" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshable_Braille_display), which displays a row of characters via Braille, and can indicate the cursor position as well. That would make it possible to interact with the command line. They appear to cost about $5-10k, depending on whether you want a 40-character or 80-character row of characters.
You might also look at http://live.gnome.org/Orca , which helps you interact with graphical programs via both speech and Braille (and magnification for as long as you continue to have some vision).
As far as "input devices based on Braille"; you can probably get a keyboard with Braille lettering on the keys, but if you can touch-type you don't really need the labels anyway.
You might also look at http://live.gnome.org/Orca , which helps you interact with graphical programs via both speech and Braille (and magnification for as long as you continue to have some vision).
As far as "input devices based on Braille"; you can probably get a keyboard with Braille lettering on the keys, but if you can touch-type you don't really need the labels anyway.
Hope that helps.