Hi. the speaqualizer will not work with a pci video card, and many times will not even work with a vga video card. even if it does work with a vga video card, it has trouble with display drivers that use all of display memory. it only can address the first 25 rows of display memory. phil On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 09:04:47AM -0400, Lloyd G. Rasmussen wrote: > A Speaqualizer, designed by the National Federation of the Blind and then > manufactured by the American Printing House for the Blind several years > ago, would also work in these situations. > > At 05:06 AM 10/18/01 -0700, you wrote: > >As the one who is championing adaptive modules in a new and improved > >Linux kernel, I can tell you that I really like > >this hardware screen/braille approach. > >I'd not heard of it before. > >I'm not going to go that route, most people won't, > >but it definitely has some miles left in it. > > > >Let me tell you a brief story. > >We just got a new box with an rtl8193 ethernet card in it. > >Works fine on Windows, but I want a dual boot machine. > >I bring up Linux and it can't assign an irq to the card. > >It says that it simply can't. > >It says I have to change something in bios. > >Full instructions are available on the web. > >http://www.scyld.com/expert/irq-conflict.html > >But there are no adapters for bios. > >I have to find a sighted friend to hit f1 at the right time > >and go into bios and make the changes. > >Speakup won't help - jupiter (my own adapter) won't help - > >brltty won't help - and so on. > >The only solution that provides this level of independence is the video > >hardware approach, and today, I wish I had it. > > > >But most people aren't going to mess with their computer's internals, > >so I'm sure OS-resident adapters will continue to rule. > > > >Karl > > Braille is the solution to the digital divide. > Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer > National Library Service f/t Blind and Physically Handicapped > Library of Congress (202) 707-0535 <lras@loc.gov> > <http://www.loc.gov/nls> > HOME: <lras@sprynet.com> <http://lras.home.sprynet.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list