From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 25 21:53:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16E861065695 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:53:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB2E78FC15 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:53:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-26-31.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.26.31]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CEB83D456; Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:53:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id nBPLriqM003425; Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:53:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:53:43 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Gary Kline Message-Id: <20091225225343.a97f8b43.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20091225213713.GA66009@thought.org> References: <20091225204746.GA60638@thought.org> <20091225220131.96fa1f9d.freebsd@edvax.de> <20091225213713.GA66009@thought.org> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: clicky driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:53:47 -0000 On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:37:13 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > at first I'm lookings for a "cots" (commericial, off-the-shelf) > solution. The XO has stereo speakers and so do the notebooks. > I am thinking of the 'PC speaker'; something that would sound for > around a 25th/second, very low and with at least some loudness > control. > > The xset utility let me turn off repeating keys so that I > do tyyyyyyyyyyyyype "type" that way. xset also has a key-click > setting for click and loudness. Don't know about pitch. That > would need to be integrated with what I'm thinking of. There's xset b ; vol cannot be changed for the PC speaker, pitch is in Hz and duration in ms. If vol is < 100, it's functionality is implemented by shortening the duration. A command like "xset b 100 100 25" should give what you want. As far as I understood, the PC speaker has no volume control per se. > There are a few who actually *do* have text-only pages. And fewer do have alt= and longdesc= for included images. Being suitable for blind users doesn't mean to completely look boring to viewing users. Careful HTML coding is the key. But sadly, it's not considered "modern"... :-( > In the third-word are at least millions of disabled folks-- > mostly mouldering. Some thinking: What the hey? Why not > blow myself up and then wake up in paradise? I'll get 70 > angels all to myself. Oh-boy. Hmmm... that sounds appealing. :-) > Education is the only solution, even tho it will take generations. > That's why I think the XO is a win++ It can help, if properly used. Wrong use can lead into the opposite. I can only tell you from Germany where school and education are epically failing since 1990, even though they employ "modern means of education"... a joke from an educational (scientifical) point of view. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...