Re: Question about possibility of program (Accessibility at pre-OS)

Re: Question about possibility of program (Accessibility at pre-OS)

[Rafael Machado]

Hi everyone

Long time ago we received this e-mail at our edk2 mail list (later moved
from sourceforge).
The question was about adding accessibility at pre-OS environment.

Since I was looking for some new challenge I accepted this as one, and
started my mastering degree studies with focus on creating the foundations
of accessibility at pre-OS, by creating a simple HdaLib.

As soon as I conclude my Msc, on wednesday, I'll translate my thesis to
English and ad it to my github account (currently it's in Portuguese if
someone would like to have access before the translation).

The result of this work can be found here:
https://github.com/RafaelRMachado/Msc_UefiHda_PreOs_Accessibility
And here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCStjmPCMfi4Vqw-v3j8s8Fg

The initial steps for accessibility at pre-OS are there for the community.
There is a lot of work to be done yet, but doing it together we can make it
work.

Hope you like it.
Any question please let me know.

Thanks and Regards
Rafael R. Machado

Em sex, 11 de abr de 2014 às 23:09, Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com> escreveu:

> Matthew,
> Is the screen reader pure software? If so that would difficult in UEFI as
> there are no multimedia abstractions for sound devices. There are also size
> constraints with the size of the ROM. If it is support for some kind of
> hardware device that might be easier to implement. There are already serial
> friendly text in and text out abstractions in UEFI, and it is easy to
> support multiple console devices at the same time.
>
> This is the open source site, and it has nothing to do with the UEFI
> standard that is owned by Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Forum. The
> UEFI Forum sponsors industry interoperability events so if there was a
> driver and device to test these events would be the place to do it. The
> UEFI Forum would also be the place to discuss accessibility APIs, or
> changes to the UEFI specification to enhance accessibility. The UEFI forum
> website is http://www.uefi.org.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew Fish
>
>
> On Apr 11, 2014, at 5:55 PM, Matthew Bradley <mattbrad83@gmx.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I am a blind computer user. I was told I could try and contact you all to
> see if something I was looking for was possible. I need to see if there is
> any way to get a screen reader to work inside the UEFI menus. I know it
> would probably mean writing a screen reader for the UEFI environment. I
> just want to see if this is even possible. I was a power user prior to
> losing my vision. I have found that I am able to get most things done now,
> even with the loss of my site. I have not, however, found any accessible
> UEFI firmware. I would like to see if there is any way for us to make this
> part of the computer accessible also. I know that screen readers are
> complex, but if I could get it to read it, even one letter at a time, it
> would allow me to make changes if needed. Any response you could give would
> be appreciated, even if it is just to say it is not possible.
>
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