Hi. There is no translation on the braille print out of the bios. Everything comes out in grade 1 braille with no contractions etc... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 2:54 PM Subject: Re: changing bios settings, without eyes, how? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > One problem though. How do you translate the output, or does the blazer > do this natively? > On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 01:11:51PM -0500, Tom and Esther Ward wrote: > > While the Blazer will read the entire screen to you, you will want a hard > > copy of what you are looking at to remember all the menus or to look at the > > options. > > In my bios the command was the print key next to the scroll lock key which > > sent all the screen data to the blazer. > > You don't need a conversion cable as the Blazer has both parallel and serial > > ports. The parallel port is for use with pc's, and serial port is for use > > with notetakers such as the BNS. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at lava-net.com> > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 12:19 AM > > Subject: Re: changing bios settings, without eyes, how? > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Although wouldn't you have to have some osrt of parallel to serial > > > adapter plugged into the parallel port of the Blazer, since the print > > > screen command won't send output to the serial port? > > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 10:38:22PM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > > Since the blazer can also speak whatever comes in through its parallel > > > > port, you theoretically wouldn't need lots of paper. > > > > > > > > I'll have to try this some time to see if it works. I assume the > > > > print screen key on the keyboard is used to issue the print screen > > > > command? > > > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > P.S. My machines here all have Award BIOSes, anyone know if this works > > > > for a fact with Award BIOSes? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 11:18:19PM -0500, 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQFAU+tQNohoaf1zXJMRAq+sAKCEHnk2CaI8TyNnCkOh3IJVlP2grgCeL9CA > > > CGrHf7Vkfv1BesmC2rLaMG8= > > > =zEBw > > > -----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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAVLiONohoaf1zXJMRAh5YAKCr2cNr1Yy/2/P2/gAriMtIFDtQiwCfScmZ > OV6Hse2CZDDNkovMeMLYTsE= > =tAZ0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
