Talking bootloader

[-dan d.]

Tony,

Yes, please send it and any other info you think helpful in making it 
work..

Thanks.

On Sat, 6 Aug 2016, Tony Baechler wrote:

> Yes, grub can do this. I can send my /etc/default/grub if you need it. 
> Basically you tell it to send the output to a serial console. I've verified 
> that it works here with my DECtalk Express. I'm talking about grub2, not 
> grub-legacy. Also, lilo can do this.
>
> On 8/6/2016 4:39 AM, -dan d. wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is there such a thing as a talking bootloader?
>>
>> I know grub can be made to make sounds but I need speech.
>>
>> Can a bootloader be made to send a text string to a serial port with a
>> speech synth attached for it to be spoken?   I have a doubletalk.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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