talking bios?

[Shaun Oliver]

at the risk of being helpful, Sean McMahon delivered up the following on Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 09:57:39AM -0700, 
> How would the bios talk when you don't have sound yet do the cerial ports
> work?
*SNIP*

I think my signature speaks for itself with reference to the above.
However, the serial ports would work but better yet if you have a hardware synth, either 
internal or serial, then that would be the method of choice imho.
Personally I believe it's doable but we're in the minority. and motherboard manufacturers 
aren't just going to implement a form of talking bios or put openbios on their motherboards 
just because blind people want it, there's got to be something in it for them. a monetery 
reason why to implement it and my guess is it'd be cheeper for them to do so..
Spell it out in dollars and cents for them not poor little blind people want it.
As a totally blind user of a computer myself, it sucks enough as it is we've got to pay and 
dearly for the hardware we need to access our pile of cylicone and junk. not to mention the 
um. uh hem uh hem proprietory software we need to access that other os, can anyone say jaws or 
windoweyes?
I for one am glad for Linux and speakup, and if it can be implemented somehow in a bios 
situation then I'm all for it. but sell it to manufacturers correctl.y or they won't want a 
bar of it.



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Shaun Oliver


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