Hi Eileen,
Sorry this took so long, but here is what the technicians came up with....

They drilled a hole into the front of the computer and installed a switch.
Instead of "on-off", it was "sound-light".  They opened the PC and split the
wire that went to the speaker.  One part went to the speaker and the other
one ended with the light that they had soldered onto a long wire that came
out of the back of the computer.  When the woman worked on her PC, she would
put the switch to "Light".  When someone else would work at her PC, they
would set it to "Sound".

Not sure if this makes sense, but that is what the technician sent to me.
Thanks and have a great day!

Nicole :o)

Nicole Richard
Centre de technologie informatique adaptée
Adaptive Computer Technology Centre
DRHC-HRDC
Tel: (819) 994-8449
Fax: (819) 997-1824
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From: "EILEEN HADDON" <[log in to unmask]>, on 2002-01-28 8:36 AM:

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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Vermont Assistive Technology Project
Vermont Technical College
Randolph Center, VT  05061
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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!