[ossrp-control] Re: screen reading information

that is actually technically impossible, I'm afraid.

You see: there's litterally nothing to load from. No ram, no harddrive, no
CD, no thumb drive, no USB device, no firewire, ... Absolutely nothing
exists at bios time.

Take care,
Sina

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From: ossrp-control-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ossrp-control-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Tonge
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:32 PM
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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