From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from gscamnlh01.wr.usgs.gov ([130.118.4.115]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AbMxB-0004ux-00 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 11:42:45 -0500 Received: from DAIMLER ([130.118.172.132]) by gscamnlh01.wr.usgs.gov (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.12HF345) with SMTP id 2003123008421245:47464 ; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:42:12 -0800 Message-ID: <008501c3cef3$dffadb80$84ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> From: "Sean McMahon" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <6.0.1.1.0.20031223100651.029b0eb0@pop1.sympatico.ca><20031223164459.GB3259@rednote.net><6.0.1.1.0.20031223115728.029c6eb0@pop1.sympatico.ca> <20031224161020.GA23571@prince.homelinux.org> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:42:11 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on gscamnlh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 5.0.12HF345 | August 14, 2003) at 12/30/2003 08:42:12 AM, Serialize by Router on gscamnlh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 5.0.12HF345 | August 14, 2003) at 12/30/2003 08:42:43 AM, Serialize complete at 12/30/2003 08:42:43 AM Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: Re: Talking bios X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean McMahon , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:42:45 -0000 That's a good point couldn't you make sound come out the pc speaker? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorenzo Prince" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 9:10 AM Subject: Re: Talking bios > I guess the issue some people have is that perfect accessibility can only be achieved by making the bios talk for itself > instead of having to connect a very expensive device to it that can cost as much as the computer just to get it to talk. > I generally share that opinion, but I will also add that anything at all is better than nothing. > > PRINCE > > The famous speaker who no one had heard of said: > > How so? She can connect a device to her computer, and just like that the > > BIOS is accessible. How is that the oposit of accessible? That is the > > picture of accessible, as far as I can tell. > > > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Allan > > Shaw wrote: > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup