changing bios settings, without eyes, how?

[Saqib Shaikh]

Hi

I don't have much detail, but one alternative is VideoTim
(http://www.abtim.de/).  Another is made in Russia I think and is basically
a digital Camera mounted on a handheld computer so you point this camera at
something and it OCR's the text, and reads it aloud.  The claim was that you
could point this at a road sign or notice board and read stuff - but I am
not sure if it is for sale yet.

Saqib


-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of hank smith
Sent: 15 March 2004 17:29
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: changing bios settings, without eyes, how?

what other projects?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Saqib Shaikh" <S.Shaikh at sussex.ac.uk>
To: "'Sean McMahon'" <smcmahon at usgs.gov>; "'Speakup is a screen review
system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 9:16 AM
Subject: RE: changing bios settings, without eyes, how?


> 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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