[ossrp-control] Re: screen reading information

Hi,
 
I would be quite happy if a utility were made accessible which allowed the
BIOS settings to be captured during startup, and then modified during the
Windows session.  Then, on reboot, they were applied to the machine before
the OS starts again.  That way you get access to the BIOS, without having to
re-engineer your screen reading.
 
 

All the best, 

David 

-----Original Message-----
From: ossrp-control-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ossrp-control-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Tonge
Sent: 26 April 2005 07:32
To: ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: screen reading information


It would be wonderful if a screen reader could be loaded early enough so
that we could use the PC parameters.  I know that is not the correct name,
but I can't think of it right now, but it is the mode you can go into to
make bios and other adjustments right at bootup time.

Dan T

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tink Watson <mailto:tink@xxxxxxxxxx>  
To: ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 5:35 AM
Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: screen reading information

Naama,

    This isn't really my field, but I suspect it would be difficult to 
achieve this. Safe mode works by prohibiting drivers from loading, whether 
sound drivers, technology or application specific drivers. Without these I 
imagine it would be tricky, even impossible to get a screen reader loaded 
and running.

    It certainly would be nice though, the inability to access the bios, 
safe mode and other precursor environments is one of the biggest irritations

of using a screen reader.

Tink.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Naama Erez" <diva2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 11:20 AM
Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: screen reading information


> Just wondering, and that can be because my knowledge about this is 
> limited, is there any type of screen reader, or any possibility for a 
> screen reader to operate in safe mode?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Will Pearson" <will-pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 8:18 PM
> Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: screen reading information
>
>
>> Hi Juan,
>>
>> As far as I know, Beth Mynat's and Keith Edward's paper is the only one 
>> on
>> how screen readers work.  There's been various ones written on screen 
>> reader
>> design, such as a comparison paper written by Beth Mynat et al in 1994,
>> which you can download from the publications section of the Everyday
>> Computing Lab's website, which is part of the main GA Tech site.  There's
>> also been work done by Alistair Edwards at the University of York, in the
>> UK, Steve Brewster from the University of Glasgow, in the UK, various 
>> people
>> at the University of Toronto, in Canada, but these have mainly focused on
>> design rather than implementation.  I did hear that Prof. Gary Bishop at 
>> the
>> University of North Carolina was developing a new type of screen reader,
>> based more around communication with the user, and any information on 
>> this
>> will likely be on the UNC web site at:
>> http://cs.unc.edu/research/assist
>>
>> Will
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Juan Hernandez" <juanh@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 10:17 AM
>> Subject: [ossrp-control] screen reading information
>>
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> First I am glad to say that a project of this kind has finally started.
>> I've discussed this type of project with other people, and have written
>> papers and such  for my course work at the univercity, on the research 
>> and
>> development of a free or extremely low cost screen reading solution.
>>>
>>> I have quite a bit of coding background, but none in the screen reading
>> area.
>>>
>>> I have downloaded the paper written by: Mynatt, E.D., and Edwards, W.K.
>> (1992). " Mapping guis to auditory Interfaces, but I would like to know 
>> if
>> anyone has any other information on screen reading development, consepts,
>> theory, etc?
>>>
>>> Again, I am glad OSAT has started, and I hope to help as much as I can 
>>> in
>> the future.  Thanks
>>>
>>> Juan Hernandez
>>> San Diego, California
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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