This project reminds me of the old Speaqualizer (possibly spelled wrong) speech synthesizer. The Speaqualizer was all hardware, so it was capable of reading everything that showed up on a text screen, including all prompts and info which showed up before the OS was loaded. This new project sounds promising--I hope it goes well. The project seems to have some serious support, so I think I will keep up with it as time allows. Thanks, and have a _great_ day! On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 02:08:20AM -0500, igueths at comcast.net wrote: > 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 -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid Opinions herein are either mine or they are flame bait. SLOPE = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)
