changing bios settings, without eyes, how?

[Saqib Shaikh]

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
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