From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from user-0c8hobt.cable.mindspring.com ([24.136.225.125] helo=prince.homelinux.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AZBZ3-0001P9-00 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:08:50 -0500 Received: by prince.homelinux.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 066CE198004; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:10:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:10:20 -0500 From: Lorenzo Prince To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031224161020.GA23571@prince.homelinux.org> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: Talking bios X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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, 24 Dec 2003 16:08:50 -0000 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: