Hi Microsoft Batch 98. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Janina Sajka Sent: 04 October 2001 21:33 To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: serial port output If this were possible, we would not have had the problems we as a community have had with Windows installations. The only thing I know of which even comes close is that it is possible to install Windows from a script, much like a linux kickstart script. But, if one is to try that, one had best have all the answers in the correct order and correctly specified. This is not an easy task--though people have done it. I believe there is a script somewhere on the Win CDR, but I don't recall what it's called. If you have to do this frequently, you might want to try a different strategy: Create an image of a Windows installation without a nic and without video specifications--no networking and SVGA, in other words. Then, write this Windows into an image file with dd. Thereafter, everytime you need to start a new Windows installation, start from the dd file. PS: Of course this requires you get a Win screen reader that doesn't care about video cards. There are a couple of such choices. On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Michael wrote: > > > Hello all: > > I'm going to change sides for a moment and use what may be identified as bad language. <grin> > > I herd that it was possible, to output the install screens of a 9-x, NT-x platform to a serial port, to have it spoken by an external synthesizer. One of the major stumbling blocks I'm faced with is total control of building a 9-X or NT-X machine from the ground up. I have to rely on a sited individual to read the installation screens up until the point where my screen reader can be installed. > My current screen reader requires that IE 5.0, sound driver of course, and video driver be installed before it can become operational. > Can anybody shed some light on this matter? > I think one of the clear benefits of a Speakup adapted Linux machine is the ability for the blind user to hear the installation processes, along with the added security and the total independent control over > his or her computing environment. > > Chow: > Michael > > P S > Anyone dabble in amateur radio? > > > > > > > > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
