Using Grub with Speech

[Janina Sajka]

Well, actually more like four stages that control beeping and other
aspects of the U-I. The graphical desktop layer (AKA X Windows) would be
the fourth.

Sean M McMahon writes:
> Sorry about the density didn't realize there were 3 stages of beeping.
> 
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> Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net>
> Sent by: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
> 09/21/2004 09:15 AM
> Please respond to "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> 
>  
>         To:     "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>         cc: 
>         Subject:        Re: Using Grub with Speech
> 
> 
> Don't be dense.
> 
> Of course the beeping comes from your speaker, but the issue is what
> triggers the beep and what generates it?
> 
> That which may do so in the bios relates to software in bios. Period.
> 
> That which does so via pcspkr relates tot he Linux kernel. Period.
> 
> That which does so at the boot loader stage relates to the boot loader.
> Period.
> 
> Sean M McMahon writes:
> >         I always thought the beeping came from your pc speaker and was 
> > determined by your bios.  Then again in that fadora howto which uses a 
> 2.6 
> > kernel with a modular speakup, they use a --with pcspkr option.  I don't 
> 
> > see why you can't pass that option at the end of where you put the 
> kernel 
> > line  or actually I think that goes on the line after the kernel line. I 
> 
> > don't know, the grub documentation never gave an example of a file with 
> > special kernel peramiters, then initrd lines then lines specifying 
> > modules.  What I do, is set the delay really high If I need to type 
> > something in, something like ttimeout 30.
> > 
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				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

janina at freestandards.org	Phone: +1 202.494.7040