[GRUB1] Accessibility: Add beep support

[GRUB1] Accessibility: Add beep support

[Samuel Thibault]

Hi,

I know that no new feature are added to grub1, but this really small
feature (it can be just implemented as "echo ^G") would be _much_ useful
for blind people. Please see details on
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=14661
I proposed a patch adding an "echo" command:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?item_id=14661&item_file_id=3077

Could this be commited?

Regards,
Samuel

Re: [GRUB1] Accessibility: Add beep support

[Vincent Pelletier]

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> (it can be just implemented as "echo ^G")

Actually I have wrote some months ago a "play" command that play tunes
on the x86 internal speaker, that might be useful too. I was thinking
about submitting it again those days.

Vincent Pelletier

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Re: [GRUB1] Accessibility: Add beep support

[Samuel Thibault]

Vincent Pelletier, le Tue 01 Nov 2005 18:51:09 +0100, a écrit :
> > (it can be just implemented as "echo ^G")
> 
> Actually I have wrote some months ago a "play" command that play tunes
> on the x86 internal speaker, that might be useful too. I was thinking
> about submitting it again those days.

That could be useful on the long term indeed (for playing tunes
according to booting stages for instance).

Regards,
Samuel

Re: [GRUB1] Accessibility: Add beep support

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

On Tuesday 01 November 2005 03:12 pm, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> I know that no new feature are added to grub1, but this really small
> feature (it can be just implemented as "echo ^G") would be _much_ useful
> for blind people.

If you know the answer, you don't have to ask it. ;)

Whether it is big or small, whether it is useful or useless, the policy 
remains unchanged.

Okuji

Re: [GRUB1] Accessibility: Add beep support

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

On Tuesday 01 November 2005 07:01 pm, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Vincent Pelletier, le Tue 01 Nov 2005 18:51:09 +0100, a écrit :
> > > (it can be just implemented as "echo ^G")
> >
> > Actually I have wrote some months ago a "play" command that play tunes
> > on the x86 internal speaker, that might be useful too. I was thinking
> > about submitting it again those days.
>
> That could be useful on the long term indeed (for playing tunes
> according to booting stages for instance).

It is funny that something written only for fun can be very useful.

Okuji

Re: [GRUB1] Accessibility: Add beep support

[Vincent Pelletier]

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Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> It is funny that something written only for fun can be very useful.

Sadly I think nobody will find my framebuffer Mandelbrot of any use ;) .
I think I'll add (f)scanf functions in a "library" module as you
suggested, so tunes can be passed as arguments in a human (or
voice-synthesis) readable form.

Might be something like :

play tempo tone duration [tone duration [...]]
and
play file

I don't know much about the music conventions/standards, I'll dig a bit
so I can make something once for all and quickly discoverable.

About grub 1 policy, yes I meant my patch would be for grub 2.

Vincent Pelletier

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Re: [GRUB1] Accessibility: Add beep support

[adrian15]

> Hi,
> 
> I know that no new feature are added to grub1, but this really small
> feature (it can be just implemented as "echo ^G") would be _much_ useful
> for blind people. Please see details on
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=14661
> I proposed a patch adding an "echo" command:
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?item_id=14661&item_file_id=30
> 77
> Could this be commited?
> 
> Regards,
> Samuel

Hi Samuel, if you happen to build a grub cdrom with this feature in it 
please send it to me or tell me an url to it.

I think that the beep thing should be easily OFF or ON.
Why don't you make a beep ON OFF command.


My idea for GSD would be default entry (in 5 seconds) activates beep and 
not default entry do not activates it. (Useful in Offices where there are a 
lot of people)


Then I could assign each GSD option a sound or something. Well, I'm not 
quite sure. Do you think GSD is useful for a blind person?

adrian15

GSD is found at http://adrian15.raulete.net/grub/