From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from scanmail2.cableone.net ([24.116.0.122] helo=mail.cableone.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AbUOZ-0002Wd-00 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:39:31 -0500 Received: from desktop (unverified [24.116.90.244]) by smail2.cableone.net (SurgeMail 1.5d2) with ESMTP id 485606 for multiple; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:32:31 -0700 Message-ID: <011001c3cf36$90e95420$6d00a8c0@desktop> From: "Glenn Ervin at Home" To: "Garrett Klein" , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20031224161020.GA23571@prince.homelinux.org><008501c3cef3$dffadb80$84ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov><20031230165324.GC639@gmx.net> <00a001c3cf30$58637a00$b7392bd1@iquest.net> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:39:35 -0600 Organization: Home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com Cc: Subject: Re: Talking bios X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: Glenn Ervin at Home , "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: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 00:39:32 -0000 I think that every mother board has a plug for a PC speaker, and I wonder if one could get a high quality speaker of the correct ohmage. I think that PC speakers use 4 ohms. Glenn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garrett Klein" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 5:54 PM Subject: Re: Talking bios Or, as in my case, some comps don't have a PC speaker at all. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" To: "Sean McMahon" ; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:53 AM Subject: Re: Talking bios > that would depend on the speaker. some newer machines barely have a pc > speaker so that would make speach unclear. some older machines I've > seen have really good pc speakers. another idea would be to pipe the > speaker through the onboard sound which most computers with onboard > audio do or to put an external speaker jack for the internal speaker. > On > Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 09:42:11AM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > back. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup