Ah, what great news, Debbe. I had tried to get AFB to investigate this a couple years ago--but that's beside the point. Question: Is the hack achievable without sight? What are the required skills? Good with, soldering? wiring? computer parts installation? kernel hacking? PS: Did you put a serial port and Speakup on the Tivo? That had been my plan of attack. Debee Norling writes: > The Tivo (digital video recorder) is Linux-based. I gave my sighted fiance > one for Christmas, but after he installed a network card and bigger hard > disk, it's been my job to get all the software hacks working. > > It's really fun, easy and completely accessible. A Tivo lets you watch what > you want on TV when you want it and it takes care of all the details like > when a program airs and how long to record. > > As a blind person, I haven't really been in to television, but having access > to the program guide is very nifty. Being able to control a machine to tape > good PBS stuff like Nova and Frontline is also quite fun. And to have a home > appliance that can run Emacs, well that's just 'way cool! > > From bookshare you can download Tivo Hacks and I have scanned Jeff > Keegan's Hacking Tivo book. Email me if you want a copy. You can see his > website at www.keegan.org > > My work email is: norlingdeborah (at) fhda.edu > My home email is: debee (at) jfcl.com > > --Debee > (Deborah Norling, Milpitas, California.) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 If Linux doesn't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.
