How would the bios talk when you don't have sound yet do the cerial ports work? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Heil" <eheil@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <igueths at comcast.net>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 6:25 AM Subject: Re: talking bios? > 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 at comcast.net> > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
