From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.48]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AZFNq-0005MG-00 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 15:13:31 -0500 Received: from 216-203-250-191-phx-01.cvx.algx.net ([216.203.250.191] helo=BrailleNote) by mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AZFNj-0006gE-00; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:13:27 -0800 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.", igueths@comcast.net From: Gregory Nowak MIME-Version: 1.0 (produced by IP*Works! www.dev-soft.com) Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:13:27 -0800 Cc: 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 20:13:31 -0000 Interesting. How did this synth interface with the system, did it act as a video card, did it plug into the vga port of an existing video card? Greg > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ralph W. Reid" To: igueths@comcast.net,"Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 09:49:08 -0800 >Subject: Re: talking bios? >This project reminds me of the old Speaqualizer (possibly spelled >wrong) speech synthesizer. The Speaqualizer was all hardware, so it >was capable of reading everything that showed up on a text screen, >including all prompts and info which showed up before the OS was >loaded. This new project sounds promising--I hope it goes well. The >project seems to have some serious support, so I think I will keep >up with it as time allows. Thanks, and have a _great_ day!