From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 39C1E1EFE2A; Sat, 6 Aug 2016 07:56:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprelay.b.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0106.b.hostedemail.com [64.98.42.106]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0EBCE1EFE27 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2016 07:56:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.248.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.248]) by smtprelay06.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00EC38D245 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2016 11:56:45 +0000 (UTC) X-Session-Marker: 6261747340626174737570706F72742E636F6D X-Spam-Summary: 50, 0, 0, , d41d8cd98f00b204, tony@baechler.net, :, RULES_HIT:41:152:355:379:599:800:854:967:973:988:989:1260:1261:1263:1277:1311:1313:1314:1345:1359:1381:1437:1515:1516:1518:1534:1540:1593:1594:1711:1730:1747:1777:1792:2380:2393:2525:2560:2563:2682:2685:2734:2859:2901:2933:2937:2939:2942:2945:2947:2951:2954:3022:3138:3139:3140:3141:3142:3352:3865:3866:3867:3871:3872:3873:3874:3934:3936:3938:3941:3944:3947:3950:3953:3956:3959:4321:4860:5007:6119:7652:7903:9010:9025:9388:10004:10049:10394:10400:10848:11232:11658:11914:12043:12291:12438:12517:12519:12663:12679:12683:13069:13199:13229:13311:13357:13618:13846:13877:14096:14097:14180:14181:14685:14721:21080:21433:30039:30054:30060:30083, 0, RBL:none, CacheIP:none, Bayesian:0.5, 0.5, 0.5, Netcheck:none, DomainCache:0, MSF:not bulk, SPF:fn, MSBL:0, DNSBL:none, Custom_rules:0:0:0, LFtime:3, LUA_SUMMARY:none X-HE-Tag: meat63_581ed0076fe33 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 1909 Received: from [192.168.0.34] (ip68-7-67-71.sd.sd.cox.net [68.7.67.71]) (Authenticated sender: bats@batsupport.com) by omf06.b.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2016 11:56:45 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Talking bootloader To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: From: Tony Baechler Organization: Baechler Access Technology Services Message-ID: <1c19fa6c-5233-97df-b79b-2444d2ca561f@baechler.net> Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 04:56:44 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2016 11:56:53 -0000 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Tony Baechler, founder, Baechler Access Technology Services Putting accessibility at the forefront of technology mailto:bats@batsupport.com Phone: 1-619-746-8310 SMS text: 1-619-375-2545