libbraille 0.19.0 review

Libbraille is a computer shared library which makes it possible to easily develop for Braille displays

License: LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: S?bastien Sabl?

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Libbraille is a computer shared library which makes it possible to easily develop for Braille displays.

Libbraille supports a wide range of Braille displays with a serial or USB connection and can autodetect most of them.

The terminals of the following manufacturers are supported: Alva, Baum, Blazie Engineering, EuroBraille, HandyTech, Hermes, ONCE, Papenmeier, Pulse Data, TechniBraille, Tieman

Here are some key features of "libbraille":
supports over 40 Braille displays.
many programming languages.
easy configuration.
open source and free software.
portable.
international.
easy to distribute.
provides a virtual graphical Braille keyboard.

What's New in This Release:
This version provides a new driver for Papenmeier USB Braille displays. The Alva and Baum drivers have been rewritten. Compatibility with Mac OS X has been improved a lot. It also features various bug fixes and minor improvements.

scripts/libbraille.inf: Updated for libusb-win32 20051120
lib/braille.c: Corrected bug in braille_write where extended ASCII char are discarded (thanks to Ismo Salonen)
Updated copyright headers
Various cleaning before releasing 0.19.0