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List:       grub-devel
Subject:    Re: talking grub?
From:       Michael Zimmermann <sigmaepsilon92 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2016-04-30 18:19:12
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> audio, is not as difficult as it sounds
thx for this sentence :P
but now back on topic, accessibility sounds like an important feature.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:28 AM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko <
phcoder@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a WIP port of brltty but little time to finish it. If someone is
> willing to take over, it's in a separate git branch.
> As for audio, is not as difficult as it sounds. Morse was actually a
> prototype for it. We don't need full synthesis. We can prerecord common
> sentences and just tell letter by letter  when we don't have it
> prerecorded. It's not optimal but good enough to solve most of the cases
>
> Le ven. 29 avr. 2016 21:07, Michel Hermier <michel.hermier@gmail.com> a
> =C3=A9crit :
>
>> Hi,
>> Considering the complexity of voice generation, maybe it would be more
>> simple to support braille displays which should be less complex to
>> implement. Not speaking that most blind people using computers should ha=
ve
>> one I guess, since it sounds more productive to me.
>> My 2 cents to the subject.
>> Cheers,
>>    Michel
>> Le 29 avr. 2016 10:34, "Andrei Borzenkov" <arvidjaar@gmail.com> a =C3=A9=
crit :
>>
>>> Hi Majid,
>>>
>>> currently grub includes audio output driver that outputs morse codes
>>> for characters and digits using built-in PC speaker. I am not aware of
>>> anyone working on full scale speech synthesizer, but I forward your
>>> mail to grub-devel for attention.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 9:06 PM, Majid Hussain <mhussaincov93@gmail.com=
>
>>> wrote:
>>> > hello there,
>>> > My name is majid hussain,
>>> > i'm blind.
>>> > would it be possable to have grub talk?
>>> > it would be very useful for me and the blind community who use linux
>>> > if this was possable.
>>> > it would make the boot menu accessible for instance :)
>>> >
>>> > i'm not sure how this could be done, but would be grateful if it coul=
d
>>> > be looked in to?
>>> > thank you for considdering my request and thank you for grub :)
>>> >
>>> > thank you for reading :)
>>> > Majid Hussain
>>>
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<div dir="ltr">&gt;  <span style="font-size:12.8px">audio, is not as difficult as it \
sounds</span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">thx for this sentence \
:P</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">but now back on topic,  \
accessibility sounds like an important feature.  </span></div></div><div \
class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:28 AM, \
Vladimir &#39;phcoder&#39; Serbinenko <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:phcoder@gmail.com" target="_blank">phcoder@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I have a WIP port of brltty but little \
time to finish it. If someone is willing to take over, it&#39;s in a separate git \
branch. <br> As for audio, is not as difficult as it sounds. Morse was actually a \
prototype for it. We don&#39;t need full synthesis. We can prerecord common sentences \
and just tell letter by letter   when we don&#39;t have it prerecorded. It&#39;s not \
optimal but good enough to solve most of the cases<br> </div><div class="HOEnZb"><div \
class="h5"><span> </span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Le ven. 29 avr. \
2016 21:07, Michel Hermier &lt;<a href="mailto:michel.hermier@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">michel.hermier@gmail.com</a>&gt; a écrit  :<br></div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Hi,<br> Considering the complexity of voice \
generation, maybe it would be more simple to support braille displays which should be \
less complex to implement. Not speaking that most blind people using computers should \
have one I guess, since it sounds more productive to me.<br> My 2 cents to the \
subject.<br> Cheers,<br>
     Michel</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">Le  29 avr. 2016 10:34, &quot;Andrei Borzenkov&quot; &lt;<a \
href="mailto:arvidjaar@gmail.com" target="_blank">arvidjaar@gmail.com</a>&gt; a \
écrit  :<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 \
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Majid,<br> <br>
currently grub includes audio output driver that outputs morse codes<br>
for characters and digits using built-in PC speaker. I am not aware of<br>
anyone working on full scale speech synthesizer, but I forward your<br>
mail to grub-devel for attention.<br>
<br>
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 9:06 PM, Majid Hussain &lt;<a \
href="mailto:mhussaincov93@gmail.com" target="_blank">mhussaincov93@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br> &gt; hello there,<br>
&gt; My name is majid hussain,<br>
&gt; i&#39;m blind.<br>
&gt; would it be possable to have grub talk?<br>
&gt; it would be very useful for me and the blind community who use linux<br>
&gt; if this was possable.<br>
&gt; it would make the boot menu accessible for instance :)<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; i&#39;m not sure how this could be done, but would be grateful if it could<br>
&gt; be looked in to?<br>
&gt; thank you for considdering my request and thank you for grub :)<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; thank you for reading :)<br>
&gt; Majid Hussain<br>
<br>
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