Re: [Accessibility] Contents of Accessibility digest..

[Greg Bates]

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> Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 12:26:41 +0200
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> From: Jos? Vilmar Est?cio de Souza      <address@hidden>
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> Subject: Re: [Accessibility] accessible GRUB
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> Hi.
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> You can add a beep to grub that will be played before the boot.
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> You need to edit the /etc/default/grub file and uncomment the following
> line:
> GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
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> After that, you need to generate the grub files.
> In my distro I use the following command but you need to check ifyou use
> a distro different of mine.
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> grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
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> Currently I am using arch as my primary distro.
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> On 05/31/2016 07:26 AM, tuxmain wrote:
> > Good afternoon,
> > (I am French so my English is not perfect, sorry)
> > My friend is blind and he wants to test Linux with a dual boot but the
> > GRUB boot menu is not accessible.
> > Is it possible to add a speech synthesis or a beep to make the GRUB
> > accessible?
> > Thank you.
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> Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 21:34:49 +0200
> From: MENGUAL Jean-Philippe <address@hidden>
> To: tuxmain <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Accessibility] accessible GRUB
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> Hi,
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> It's not so hard actually, once you add the beep. Because once beep
> added, just remember that if you don't do anything, it boots GNU/Linux,
> otherwise press down arrow key twcce to boot Windows. It's what all my
> customers do and seem to like.
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> The speech synth project in DRUB is an old project, as well as this of
> inserting braille drivers in it. It's not impossible, but the maintainer
> hasn't accomplished this yet, although interested in this topic.
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> Regards,
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> Le 31/05/2016 12:26, tuxmain a ?crit :
> > Good afternoon,
> > (I am French so my English is not perfect, sorry)
> > My friend is blind and he wants to test Linux with a dual boot but the
> > GRUB boot menu is not accessible.
> > Is it possible to add a speech synthesis or a beep to make the GRUB
> > accessible?
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
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