Installing Debian Jessie under Uefi; installer does not speak

[Jude DaShiell]

This needs to be reported to debian-accessibility and a bug report needs 
filing as well.

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015, Glenn wrote:

> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:01:58
> From: Glenn <glennervin at cableone.net>
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
> Subject: Re: Installing Debian Jessie under Uefi; installer does not speak
> 
> I just got a new computer with UEFI, and I used sighted assistance to 
> disable it in the BIOS, and to activate legacy boot.
> Also, if you want to change the boot order, such as setting the SATA drive 
> as the last option, you can do that at this time, and with some systems, it 
> will not show other options unless you have them plugged in at this time.
> For example, I did not have the SD boot option until I went into boot 
> settings in BIOS with the SD card plugged in.
> HTH.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marcel Oats" <moats at orcon.net.nz>
> To: <Speakup at linux-speakup.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 1:48 PM
> Subject: Installing Debian Jessie under Uefi; installer does not speak
>
>
> Hi, this has probably been asked previously: I have a system that will only
> boot using Uefi (don't ask) and it seems that the dvd's boot screen appears,
> according to someone with sight, but when typing the s option, it is
> ignored? The installer appears, and indeed the installation can be completed
> with a braille display. Oh, when a USB soundcard is connected (just in case
> the system's card isn't detected) no sound is heard either.
>
> Speakup comes up on a machine that has legacy boot available, and indeed, we
> even get the beep from the boot loader. How can we get speakup to run during
> the installer, assuming that such an option is available anyway?
>
> The image was downloaded from the website, and was located at
> http://gemmei.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/8.2.0/amd64/iso-dvd/
> Sorry to sound dum and so forth.
> Marcel
>
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