BIOS access for blind users?
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From: Arno Schuh on 2 May 2010 15:15 Brian Gaff <briang1(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Well its the same with tv sets. Do you know of a current digital tv > whose meus and program guide can be set to speak straight out of the > box? Not a TV itself but a receiver aspecially developed for the blind. And as you will expect - it of course costs the usually price for the blind: http://www.ammec.de/en About 1 1/2 years ago I was looking for a new board for my PC and came across some descriptions that said, there are some speech in the BIOS available in English and Chinese. Unfortunately I can't remember the builder, but because one of the available output is in Chinese it must be one of the Chinese manufacturers. It's an optional feature that have to be activated, so probably one of your own boards have it already on bord. Greetings Arno
From: Andrew Hodgson on 3 May 2010 08:29 On Sun, 2 May 2010 21:15:37 +0200, "Arno Schuh" <arno.schuh(a)in-trier.de> wrote: [...] > >About 1 1/2 years ago I was looking for a new board for my PC and came across some descriptions that said, there are some speech in >the BIOS available in English and Chinese. Unfortunately I can't remember the builder, but because one of the available output is in >Chinese it must be one of the Chinese manufacturers. It's an optional feature that have to be activated, so probably one of your own >boards have it already on bord. Some of the Asus boards I believe have speech feedback to tell you of processor temperature etc. It wasn't the whole BIOS, unfortunately. I am partially sighted so can see the BIOS, though we have got some new Dell systems at work which use a windowing system for their new BIOS chips, with the worst contrast I have ever come across. The Award BIOS chips has the best contrast, with the blue background and yellow text. Andrew.
From: Andrew Hodgson on 3 May 2010 08:36 On Sun, 02 May 2010 00:24:46 -0500, burt henry <burt1iband(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I have not heard of such, but please explain what you want to do. >What do you want from your BIOS? To be able to access it if things don't work out. For example, you want to go in to change the boot order, so you can force a boot from the CD instead of the hard drive, if the OS on the hard drive is damaged. Anyone wanting a career in computer technician land will have to at some point go into the BIOS. Mind you, the other half of the issue is that the troubleshooting systems (like WinPE used for Windows installation, safe mode, F8 boot menu etc) don't have _any_ sound support. Apple are leading the way here I think, closely followed by Linux. I think though a hardware solution is going to have to be used for access to the very low level stuff, for example the BIOS, which is implemented in a very small ROM set. Andrew.
From: J. P. Gilliver (John) on 3 May 2010 13:11 In message <4agtt5l9sseqekej64j2t2mm65ti3p67dp(a)news.giganews.com>, Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgsonfamily.org> writes: [] >Some of the Asus boards I believe have speech feedback to tell you of >processor temperature etc. It wasn't the whole BIOS, unfortunately. [] I think most if not all make beeps (if there is a speaker/beeper connected) when things are getting too warm. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar(a)T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** "I do not feel obliged to believe that the God who endowed me with sense, reason, and intellect intends me to forego their use". - Gallileo Gallilei
From: mm on 29 May 2010 02:43
On Mon, 3 May 2010 18:11:16 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG(a)soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In message <4agtt5l9sseqekej64j2t2mm65ti3p67dp(a)news.giganews.com>, >Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgsonfamily.org> writes: >[] >>Some of the Asus boards I believe have speech feedback to tell you of >>processor temperature etc. It wasn't the whole BIOS, unfortunately. >[] >I think most if not all make beeps (if there is a speaker/beeper >connected) when things are getting too warm. Only if ASUS-Probe or something similar is installed, I think, and definitely only if it is set to load at startup. ASUS Probe is available for free download online, and probably on the CDs that come with ASUS boards. I don't know what version I have or what the newest is. I have a feeling it works for most brands of mobo, but I don't know. |