brltty software package provides Access software for a blind person using a braille display, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install brltty
brltty is installed in your system.
Make ensure the brltty package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep brltty *
You will get with brltty package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | brltty |
| Version | 5.3.1-2ubuntu2 |
| Description | Access software for a blind person using a braille display |
| Sub Section | admin |