Of course, I've read about some of this embedded linux stuff, but the snag comes with implementing speech. Emacs is difficult to use if you've never done much with it, and it wouldn't help in the situation of a machine without network working, as you get no real shell talking in it. I don't know if linux can handle directx, but that could be an application for embedded stuff, with a sound card, take it's input through some processing software, and give an output in real time, sure sox can do it, but I don't know how to use that. At 01:22 AM 10/14/01 -0500, you wrote: >"S. Massy" writes: >>Hey, you've forgotten linux! :) You could easily use a linux box with minicom >>to access the target machine... > > You are so right. I should have said that you need some >kind of serial access device that behaves to the remote end of >the connection like a vt100 terminal. I have never even seen a >Braille and Speak, but I understand that they can emulate a vt100 >terminal. If so, you might even use one of those which has some >neat possibilities for a portable solution if you need to >physically go to a rack, somewhere, and rescue a system that has >gotten in trouble and can't come up on the network any more. > > Your idea of Linux and minicom is perfectly good so long >as the Linux system has its own screen reader. > >Martin > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >