talking bios?

[Sean McMahon]

How would the bios talk when you don't have sound yet do the cerial ports
work?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Heil" <eheil at patmedia.net>
To: <igueths at comcast.net>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 6:25 AM
Subject: Re: talking bios?


> Hi.
> Actually, it can be shown that such an item could be benificial to the
> sighted community also.  There are times when using an actual display may
be
> impractical, say in a data center where space is at a premium.  I happen
to
> know for a fact that on Rs/6000 and P Series UNIX workstations that run
AIX
> (by IBM), this is possible, as you change the console port to one of the
> serial ports.  That way you can use Winblows Terminal and you have access
to
> the Boot PROM, BIOS, etc.  But in all, point well taken. I'll be sure to
> check out that Web site though.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <igueths at comcast.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 2:08 AM
> Subject: talking bios?
>
>
> Hi all. I saw an article on Slashdot about a week or 2 ago about the
> Linuxbios project, which can be found at linuxbios.org. This poses some
> interesting ideas for the future...Theoretically, wouldn't it be possible
> to integrate Speakup into the kernel that is used on the Rom chip? Also, I
> think its a good idea to write to all the major motherboard manufacturers
> about the Linuxbios project. And also explain how including a talking bios
> in future motherboards would benifit the blind/visually impaired
community.
> And also explain how current bioses are inaccessible to visually impaired
> people. What iare everyone's thoughts on this?
>
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