From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cantata.rednote.net ([66.92.170.86]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AZC4p-0001vr-00 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:41:39 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id hBOGfb0h023073 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:41:37 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) id hBOGfbE9023071 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:41:37 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:41:36 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031224164136.GG3259@rednote.net> References: <6.0.1.1.0.20031223213427.029cb200@pop1.sympatico.ca> <20031224095541.KVQF18777.mta13.adelphia.net@beavis> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031224095541.KVQF18777.mta13.adelphia.net@beavis> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i 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 16:41:40 -0000 Exactly. The BNS, in my particular instance, was just what I had at hand. It could just as easily been any kind of terminal device capable of serial communication. Jacob Schmude writes: > From: "Jacob Schmude" > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi > Well, strikes me that if you own any kind of terminal capable of communicating at 9600 baud you could take advantage of this sort of access. This includes > second computers, laptops, other notetakers, and whatever else you may have. Perhaps it won't benefit everybody, but IMHO, a little access sure as hell beats > the access we have now., and I'd say access such as this, if it ever was implemented on a PC bios, would be a damn good start to something long overdue. > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:39:56 -0500, Allan Shaw wrote: > > > >... but that's not what you indicated. You indicated that you feel that by > >connecting a Braille"n Speak to your system which allows you to access the > >bios makes that bios perfectly accessible. that's only one option, what if > >you don't happen to own a braille'n speak? > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP SDK 3.0 > > iQA/AwUBP+lipZXfgIVMPEIbEQJlcwCfT81FryU8tlEG93Xjt3lc4y1reLsAnifH > gGrQe1kg5RSHqJGzOdR2ZWKF > =lvQC > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina@rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org