Talking bios

[Janina Sajka]

Exactly. The BNS, in my particular instance, was just what I had at
hand. It could just as easily been any kind of terminal device capable
of serial communication.

Jacob Schmude writes:
> From: "Jacob Schmude" <jschmude at adelphia.net>
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> Well, strikes me that if you own any kind of terminal capable of communicating at 9600 baud you could take advantage of this sort of access. This includes 
> second computers, laptops, other notetakers, and whatever else you may have. Perhaps it won't benefit everybody, but IMHO, a little access sure as hell beats 
> the access we have now., and I'd say access such as this, if it ever was implemented on a PC bios, would be a damn good start to something long overdue.
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> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:39:56 -0500, Allan Shaw wrote:
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> >... but that's not what you indicated.  You indicated that you feel that by 
> >connecting a Braille"n Speak to your system which allows you to access the 
> >bios makes that bios perfectly accessible.  that's only one option, what if 
> >you don't happen to own a braille'n speak?
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Janina Sajka
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Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
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