Hi. Actually, it can be shown that such an item could be benificial to the sighted community also. There are times when using an actual display may be impractical, say in a data center where space is at a premium. I happen to know for a fact that on Rs/6000 and P Series UNIX workstations that run AIX (by IBM), this is possible, as you change the console port to one of the serial ports. That way you can use Winblows Terminal and you have access to the Boot PROM, BIOS, etc. But in all, point well taken. I'll be sure to check out that Web site though. ----- Original Message ----- From: <igueths@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 2:08 AM Subject: talking bios? Hi all. I saw an article on Slashdot about a week or 2 ago about the Linuxbios project, which can be found at linuxbios.org. This poses some interesting ideas for the future...Theoretically, wouldn't it be possible to integrate Speakup into the kernel that is used on the Rom chip? Also, I think its a good idea to write to all the major motherboard manufacturers about the Linuxbios project. And also explain how including a talking bios in future motherboards would benifit the blind/visually impaired community. And also explain how current bioses are inaccessible to visually impaired people. What iare everyone's thoughts on this? -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
