This isn't very hard, actually.  Radio Shack sells a "TTL Relay" that
will activate with the sound levels of the beep, and can switch pretty
large currents.  By adjusting the beep sound to be the correct length,
you will be able to control most anything that you want.

Denis Anson, MS, OTR
Computer Access Specialist
College Misericordia
301 Lake St.
Dallas, PA 18612
email: [log in to unmask]
Phone: 570-674-6413


> -----Original Message-----
> From: * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of EILEEN HADDON
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:37 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Sound Card beep
>
> Actually, I'd love to know the technology they used for this
beep-alert! I
> could see it being useful for a number of clients.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Eileen Haddon :)
> Assistive Technology Access Specialist
> Vermont AT Project
>
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> Eileen C. Haddon, ATP
> Vermont Assistive Technology Project
> Vermont Technical College
> Randolph Center, VT  05061
> Phone: 802-728-1520 / Fax: 802-728-1390
>
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>
> >>> - Nicole Richard <[log in to unmask]> 01/25/02 08:58AM
>>>
> Hi everyone,
> I just have a quick question for you.  I have an employee who is deaf
and
> does data entry.  The program that she uses beeps when she makes a
> spelling
> mistake and obviously she can't hear it.  In addition, she doesn't
look at
> her screen, so anything that would make the screen flash (like Show
Sounds
> for example) wouldn't be beneficial because she wouldn't see it.
> So what they had done for her was hook up a wire to her sound card
with a
> light that she put next to the papers she was writing from.  She
seemed to
> like this idea but then the bulb broke and they are trying to see if
there
> is
> a more sophisticated way of doing this before replacing the bulb.
> I was wondering if anyone out there would be aware of something that
> exists
> that could work in a similar fashion to the solution that they did
with
> the
> wire.
> Thanks so mcuh in advance!