Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:53:43 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: clicky driver 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>
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On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:37:13 -0800, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> 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> <pitch> <duration>; 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, ...
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