From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 89FA41EF838; Sat, 6 Aug 2016 17:46:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-oi0-x236.google.com (mail-oi0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c06::236]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DDE481EF67D for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2016 17:46:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-oi0-x236.google.com with SMTP id j185so405216840oih.0 for ; Sat, 06 Aug 2016 14:46:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tbX0rVAkwrvByjRHSy9c9s706hOFXZcTzyukLPz3U4o=; b=pAh6dzK/la5Md+T2x5KXMI7uADGJkoWuB/CaiYWaZlrb97jmwU+U+EOjkcwT0aTMP5 a3KlQZf2BaMZbTsbDlihQ/7awQG82H4Hr01Zqmydx+vyCvD51XrwqfWb5LRcIu1xTPgH el4g6ufzI1tUcfZ5ppwZ4SqNdHxsu9iPvaeJy7fB1twptM5FFzEmUNGk6NBL8lOpF1X/ nLBdpLDD1177YunL6ygPiSBxscjHKwVrpDrlAb7BeoS5+DiSfW7dF3Wkyd4c+NcCysNZ 2JGDtPBp8zhgmkjcCbnzcNTDZh0rVCI8KwB+/aRtGr2mOBTUM05nzKOe2UpH5VbPx4nz Z0GQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tbX0rVAkwrvByjRHSy9c9s706hOFXZcTzyukLPz3U4o=; b=X/w94cQ60as7Gb6L+mVmQ7kpTHPD65UGHtyeZrcmVKCUYWl4eKdi81F5xVasO40/vc JzeGBcmh/r5FwY/cvplfgWTP+6RcQPHTHsQugIo1rtTTXm6CiwalT1L2KtXQYv6voCCd 8dMov4R+z2/177FuOoojnypN4UgXg5Jj+wkeawjUmoSn4a+BT0h3hchaGVsMI3+stD/y M7F+Iqs+V7jkSd04a5AdbE+tUMNto6A5UCAQPm4ewRtpzuKI5IdS6t1CY9oOtNmhiDGT NxNwAq4GMz8fUZ0oC2MABvi8WM1Sb9TCKM4IgjyPs3B5ejlhUOmfVaA2wtTTaKO1Hj97 3EJA== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoouuneflEydkFAvI0rCOcTYMIlLkzIXe+R/L6IVQWtZTUsjTda/22fF+xhD5kjaE1yg== X-Received: by 10.202.236.71 with SMTP id k68mr46583969oih.162.1470519990767; Sat, 06 Aug 2016 14:46:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.12] (ip72-213-130-64.ok.ok.cox.net. [72.213.130.64]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d12sm12300716oih.8.2016.08.06.14.46.30 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 06 Aug 2016 14:46:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Talking bootloader To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <1c19fa6c-5233-97df-b79b-2444d2ca561f@baechler.net> From: tim Message-ID: Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 16:46:29 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1c19fa6c-5233-97df-b79b-2444d2ca561f@baechler.net> 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 21:46:38 -0000 In opensuse 11.0 there was a talking boot menu, I have no idea how it was done I believe using g something I don't remember the name right off hand. but you pressed f11 and it using espeak, as it's speech said Welcome to Opensuse 11.0. if you arrowed around, it announced hard drive, cd drive etc, and like normal, you press enter on the one you wanted. There's little if any docks about it from what I've been able to tell, but I ran it several years ago a live cd/dvd and it spoke! you might google opensuse talking boot menu or something, if I find anything I'll post back here, its the only distro I know of to have such a feature that doesn't rely on a separate hardware synth, someone correct me if wrong. On 08/06/2016 06:56 AM, Tony Baechler wrote: > 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 >