From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mrsbun.icsmail.net (mrsbun.icsmail.net [69.5.139.23]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDFBF1EF6B0 for ; Wed, 8 May 2013 16:40:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mrsbun.icsmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 675B41F4025 for ; Wed, 8 May 2013 15:40:52 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mrsbun.icsmail.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mrsbun.icsmail.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27479-09 for ; Wed, 8 May 2013 15:40:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: from giant.collinsnet.net (ics145-56.icsincorporated.com [69.5.145.56]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mrsbun.icsmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EB9D42A724 for ; Wed, 8 May 2013 15:40:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: from collins (helo=giant.collinsnet.net) by giant.collinsnet.net with local-esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UaBAO-0005ee-J4 for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Wed, 08 May 2013 15:40:48 -0500 Message-Id: From: acollins@icsmail.net To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: the direction of speakup In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 08 May 2013 15:45:24 -0400. Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 15:40:48 -0500 Sender: collins@icsmail.net X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.2 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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, 08 May 2013 20:40:56 -0000 I doubt that would work, I'm not familiar with uefi, but it would have have to intercept all the kernels hardware video calls in order to speak while the kernel is running. Do you know what hardware specs the uefi spec has? Gene >Maybe the UEFI specification can help us. >What about a small UEFI application to be a screen reader then launch the >kernel or what ever. >This would not work for older systems, but might get around the kernel >driver problem as the reader encapsulates the kernel so to speak. > > >On Wed, 8 May 2013, Martin G. McCormick wrote: >--- anip --- >> A Unix kernel is the master process and everything else >> that happens on your system is spawned as a subprocess of the >> master. Would it be possible to have a kernel equipped with >> speakup spawn the rest of one's system as if it was a virtual >> system? That could take care of the I/O. >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@linux-speakup.org >http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup