The console508.p script from IBM Corporation gives control over accessibility
settings.
 Use it like this: From the command line type

perl console508.p and press ENTER.

DESCRIPTION

  The console508.p Perl 5 program gives low vision users easy control
of volume, fonts, and tone alarms indicating status of CAPS LOCK,
NUM LOCK, and SCROLL LOCK. Its functions are accessed through menus.


  - program is not self voicing but can be run from within an
    EMACSPEAK shell thus providing speech to anyone desiring it

  - where possible menus were worded such that the entire menu is
    on screen even if font     is one of the large font choices

  - menus have a choice to exit program if reasonable

  - child menus have a choice to return to parent menu where reasonable

  - menus have a choice to repeat themselves for users depending on
    speech only

  - menu choices can be saved in favorites files



LIMITATIONS

  Only the root user can use this program to change fonts, change volume, or
set locktones. A non-root user can however use console508.p to change foreground
and background colors in the console (text only) mode.

TODO

 nothing planned

 COPYRIGHT


     Copyright (c) International Business Machines  Corp., 2000

     This program is free software;  you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
     (at your option) any later version.

     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;  without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See
     the GNU General Public License for more details.

     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     along with this program;  if not, write to the Free Software
     Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
USA