Re: Creating an Operating System with speech included

  • From: "black ares" <matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 07:37:56 +0200

regarding the bios step, i've seen two different directions in make it accessible: 1. some years ago i've bought a mmotherboard for a pc namely asus a8n sli deluxe. I was highly surprised to see that this main board is speaking the error/succes mesages trough it's integrated sound card. For example, when the computer can not find a component at boot time it announce it, 

"a harddisk has not be found"
or the worst:
"the cpu fan is not working"
These messages are configurable from the bios.
Also success messages are spoken, for example after boot time when all is ok the computer announces: 
"boot completed, now loading the operating system".
I think that, if some one will talk with this manufacturers they can include spoken descriptions for all theirs bios options. This is a finite case of situations and can be modeled with already recorded messages. is true that this customisation can increase the price and taking in account the fact that in our days every thing which is sold for accessibility is tripled price, we will end with a expensive mother board. 
2. another way is implemented by hp in their business laptop models.
I have sucha a model, namely hp compaq nc 8230
and it offers me the posibility to change a lot of options from the bios using the windows os. 
ASo I can modify a lot of options from windows.
It ofers me even the posibility to flash the bios from windows.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 4:24 AM
Subject: RE: Creating an Operating System with speech included





I disagree with this.  The easiest accessibility is found with windows and
jaws. The most accessible software like OCR can be found with windows. You 
are in correct by saying the best access is found with windows and Jaws.
The best is still speakup, orca, and Linux.  Someone has already said it
here but if windows screws up you can just sit and listen to your mp3 player 
because you sure the heck are not going to fix it on your own without
reinstalling the whole thing.  I say this from the point of view as a
previous manager of an office network of over 12 windows xp machines and a
now coder of a device running OE Linux.   I never had a problem with the 1
Linux box that I could not fix myself but with all the windows boxes there
was always something I couldn't do and that ticks me off. True access would 
see us even at the bios level and at one time there was talking bios chips
and the only way to do that now is by the Intel remote management but what I was starting to say if you want real access you must go Linux. If you want 
easy access you must go windows.

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Wright
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 1:48 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech included

Octavian Rasnita wrote:
"I said only that the best accessibility is offered by Windows and Jaws..." 
*snicker*


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