changing bios settings, without eyes, how?

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That's great!  did they have to use the paralel or cerial port?
Sean
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From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@xxxxxxx>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: changing bios settings, without eyes, how?


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> I've also heard of people getting this working with a bns/blt using 
> the printscreen key.
> 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- 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
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