Hi I don't have much detail, but one alternative is VideoTim (http://www.abtim.de/). Another is made in Russia I think and is basically a digital Camera mounted on a handheld computer so you point this camera at something and it OCR's the text, and reads it aloud. The claim was that you could point this at a road sign or notice board and read stuff - but I am not sure if it is for sale yet. Saqib -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of hank smith Sent: 15 March 2004 17:29 To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: changing bios settings, without eyes, how? what other projects? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Saqib Shaikh" <S.Shaikh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Sean McMahon'" <smcmahon at usgs.gov>; "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 9:16 AM Subject: RE: changing bios settings, without eyes, how? > What you've described is the Optacon - no longer made, but several projects > are under way to make a replacement. > > Saqib > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Sean McMahon > Sent: 15 March 2004 17:08 > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: changing bios settings, without eyes, how? > > Has anyone thought of a device that was like an eye that could just > see screens and speak what was on them. Something you could put up to > any screen anywhere. > Just an idea of mine that I don't have the knowledge time for. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ryan Mann" <rmann at rmisp.net> > 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 9:43 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
