clever idea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Mann" <rmann@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Cc: "cris" <filastin48 at hotmail.com> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 8:43 PM Subject: Re: changing bios settings, without eyes, how? > Has anybody thought of creating a device that would hook up to a > computer's monitor port and speak whatever a sighted person would see on > the screen? A monitor connects to an AGP port and gets information. > It seems like it would be possible to create another device that connects > to the AGP port and gets the same information, except this device would > speak the information instead of showing it on the screen. The device > would probably need to be a computer itself so it can be programmed to > pronounce words correctly. > > On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Tom and Esther Ward wrote: > > > Hi, to access the bios the most helpful tool is a braille printer such as a > > braille blazer. You can sometimes use a print screen command to print the > > entire screen to a braille page and follow it through the menus and to see > > the options and what they are set to. > > It takes alot of time and paper to do it right, but the method does work in > > alot of cases. > > If you don't have a braille printer then all you have is sighted help to > > depend on. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "cris" <filastin48 at hotmail.com> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 2:52 PM > > Subject: changing bios settings, without eyes, how? > > > > > > Hi Folks, > > How can a blind person change the settings of the bios without sighted > > assistance? I know that this subject was discussed zillions of times > > before, but are we close to a time when this will be possible? > > Cheers, > > Cris > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
