Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 10:01:11 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: dcarmich@mcs.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: Update on accessibility w/FreeBSD Message-ID: <199710060101.KAA26516@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 04 Oct 1997 16:36:45 EST." <199710042136.QAA00718@dcarmich.pr.mcs.net> References: <199710042136.QAA00718@dcarmich.pr.mcs.net>
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>One manufacturer of augmentative/alternative communication and assistive devic >es (Prentke Romich Company (or PRC), http://www.prentrom.com) makes a box that > translates the infrared output or RS-232 output of the communication device i >nto standard PS/2 keyboard/mouse signals. [...] >Ideas: >1) Make an on-screen keyboard that fits into the XKB framework and injects key >strokes into the X server. Have you looked at `xkeycaps'? I think it has a feature to stuff key code to another window when a key in the graphical representation of the keyboard is clicked. Kazu >2) Hack the console driver to only require one key (which could be defined on >the device's keyboard) to switch to a certain VT (and distribute FreeBSD with >all eleven VTs (leaving 1 free for X) enabled) >3) Hack the X server to also display the current window in focus out on the se >rial line back to the device's LCD screen >(any more?)
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