[opensuse-factory] Beta2: bootloader talks to you (please test)
Hi, as of beta2, the graphical bootloader (the one on the install media) supports speech output via pc-speaker. That is, it reads all menu items to you. This feature is mainly there to aid visual impaired people. It's still experimental and I'd like to get your feedback whether it works or not on your machine. To try it, simply press F9. (In the worst case, your machine will freeze at this point.) Please report positive (if any) and negative results. Thanks, Steffen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 11:23:51AM +0200, Steffen Winterfeldt wrote:
Hi,
as of beta2, the graphical bootloader (the one on the install media) supports speech output via pc-speaker. That is, it reads all menu items to you.
This feature is mainly there to aid visual impaired people.
It's still experimental and I'd like to get your feedback whether it works or not on your machine.
To try it, simply press F9. (In the worst case, your machine will freeze at this point.)
Please report positive (if any) and negative results.
Very cool feature! :-) Tried on two different machines. On both you can hardly understand it since it's to quiet. Is it possible to increase the PC speaker volume? Best regards, Stefan Public Key available ------------------------------------------------------ Stefan Dirsch (Res. & Dev.) SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Tel: 0911-740 53 0 Maxfeldstraße 5 FAX: 0911-740 53 479 D-90409 Nürnberg http://www.suse.de Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 7 May 2008, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 11:23:51AM +0200, Steffen Winterfeldt wrote:
as of beta2, the graphical bootloader (the one on the install media) supports speech output via pc-speaker. That is, it reads all menu items to you.
This feature is mainly there to aid visual impaired people.
It's still experimental and I'd like to get your feedback whether it works or not on your machine.
To try it, simply press F9. (In the worst case, your machine will freeze at this point.)
Please report positive (if any) and negative results.
Very cool feature! :-)
Tried on two different machines. On both you can hardly understand it since it's to quiet. Is it possible to increase the PC speaker volume?
Technically, yes. The volume is currently set to 70%. There's just no key assigned to change it. Thanks for testing! Steffen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 12:29 +0200, Steffen Winterfeldt wrote:
On Wed, 7 May 2008, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 11:23:51AM +0200, Steffen Winterfeldt wrote:
as of beta2, the graphical bootloader (the one on the install media) supports speech output via pc-speaker. That is, it reads all menu items to you.
This feature is mainly there to aid visual impaired people.
It's still experimental and I'd like to get your feedback whether it works or not on your machine.
To try it, simply press F9. (In the worst case, your machine will freeze at this point.)
Please report positive (if any) and negative results.
Very cool feature! :-)
Tried on two different machines. On both you can hardly understand it since it's to quiet. Is it possible to increase the PC speaker volume?
Technically, yes. The volume is currently set to 70%. There's just no key assigned to change it.
Thanks for testing!
Steffen
Steffen, Thanks for this feature! I have several a11y users wanting to test this. Do you know if this feature is available on all installer media? (i.e., GNOME/KDE LiveCD, DVD, boot.iso, etc.) Bryen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 7 May 2008, Bryen wrote:
Thanks for this feature! I have several a11y users wanting to test this. Do you know if this feature is available on all installer media? (i.e., GNOME/KDE LiveCD, DVD, boot.iso, etc.)
Yes, on all media. But I forgot that Live-CDs have different menu texts, so it doesn't work that well there (I'll fix this in beta3). But for testing beta2 should be ok. Steffen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Steffen Winterfeldt
On Wed, 7 May 2008, Bryen wrote:
Thanks for this feature! I have several a11y users wanting to test this. Do you know if this feature is available on all installer media? (i.e., GNOME/KDE LiveCD, DVD, boot.iso, etc.)
Yes, on all media.
But I forgot that Live-CDs have different menu texts, so it doesn't work that well there (I'll fix this in beta3). But for testing beta2 should be ok.
I tried the after Beta3 LiveCD KDE4 and it works with LiveCD menu. I spotted two issues. First: Video mode 1200x800 (on my laptop) is not read. I haven't tested this with the latest LiveCD. maybe it's fixed now. The second is worse: I move with arrows chosing language and it froze my computer. BNC 392016. Regards Ladislav. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 07 May 2008, Steffen Winterfeldt wrote:
Hi,
as of beta2, the graphical bootloader (the one on the install media) supports speech output via pc-speaker. That is, it reads all menu items to you.
This feature is mainly there to aid visual impaired people.
It's still experimental and I'd like to get your feedback whether it works or not on your machine.
To try it, simply press F9. (In the worst case, your machine will freeze at this point.)
Please report positive (if any) and negative results.
Thanks,
Steffen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
It causes the install system to switch into text mode Compaq V5030 laptop 1.5Gb ram 256Mb ati graphics AMD turion 64 processor Pete . -- SuSE Linux 10.3-Alpha3. (Linux is like a wigwam - no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 8 May 2008, peter nikolic wrote:
On Wednesday 07 May 2008, Steffen Winterfeldt wrote:
as of beta2, the graphical bootloader (the one on the install media) supports speech output via pc-speaker. That is, it reads all menu items to you.
This feature is mainly there to aid visual impaired people.
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It causes the install system to switch into text mode
Yes, intentionally. The low resolution is better for braille displays. Steffen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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