-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 speaking of video cards why do all video cards (or at least all the ones I have here) have a 25-pin connecter on the card like where you'd plug in a dongle or something? On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 10:12:07AM -0600, Glenn Ervin at Home wrote: > Maybe it's a matter of having a speech device that plugs into an existing > video card in either an AGP port, or PCI or EISA. > Some video cards come with places to plug in more memory, but I don't know > if this kind of access would work for such a speech chip. > Glenn. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 9:43 AM > Subject: Re: changing bios settings, without eyes, how? > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I had thought about creating one of those. that'd be really cool to > have. > On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 11:43:53PM -0500, Ryan Mann wrote: > > 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 > > - -- > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > back. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAVH259XVrM3ri110RAhYRAJ9vAPm+3IQ7UUvyn+XopScA27aAoACghaQJ > WujjHYLTKcTgCtye2dxDdl8= > =+Ovf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > 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 - -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAVJkd9XVrM3ri110RAkbBAJwKT54WQks9cbsJsF3BEJXabR2frQCgg4UR 22DeQoGdeZjATlMbVEwRZqQ= =qUGS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
