speech in bios, was: Re: Updated Speakup how to

[Kerry Hoath]

Not sure; http://www.realwiesel.com or something; $350US was too much
to pay for this functionality.

Regards, Kerry.
On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 06:32:52PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> Thanks for that info Kerry. How does a pc-wiesel board work, and where do I get one from?
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 06:07:48PM +0800, Kerry Hoath wrote:
> > The default dump location for print screen is the parallel port.
> > Even if this does work in bios; It would only read screen from top to bottom
> > and it would not tellyou any colour information at all.
> > The only viable way to get speech in bios is with a
> > pc-wiesel board $350US or to go get
> > an Alpha or a spark or wait for openbios to be available
> > for more chipsets. I hear it supports serial port config.
> > Normal bioses especially award are inaccessable to my knowledge.
> > You could write a program to read and write the cmos yourself provided you know
> > what system specific bits your system board uses it changes for
> > each board and chipset. This is why this has not been done
> > before; motherboard manifacturers customize the bios before flashing it
> > into the board.
> > there is mrbios; not sure if it supports serial and what boards it supports.
> > 
> > Regards, Kerry.
> 
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