The provox screen reader for dos which I would like to have added to the freedos ftp site is currently located at: http://www.thesiegelsnest.us/provox/provox7.zip I don't (currently) have access to my other computer where I modified the documentation, and created a .lsm file. I will have this in a couple weeks. The program was put under the gpl, and I had contacted the original author some time ago asking permission to try to get it included in the freedos distribution, as well as take over development. Both requests were granted, and now that I have a sourceforge developer account, I'll likely upload the program there for initial distribution, after I get back to the machine with the modifications on it. The program currently only works with hardware synthesizers (since there weren't any software synths for dos. However, since finding one of these devices is relatively easy, since most folks who have them no longer use them with a few exceptions such as myself and a couple others I'm aware of, this shouldn't be a show stopper. If a software synth could be developed, provox could easily be extended to support such a synth, though I doubt such a program would be useful, because of the amount of memory it would require, and under dos, that's generally not practical. So, If there are any other folks on list who use screen readers under dos, feel free to grab this one and give it a try. Adding additional synths is (relatively) simple, so if anyone has one that isn't supported other than artic synths, I'm already working on those, I'd be happy to try to add them. Of course, artic synths can already be made to work by using either the porttalk or accent sa options, but both modes lack some useful features supported directly by the artic synthesizers themselves.
Included with this zip file is the a86 assembler used to compile the code, which obviously would need to be removed for the freedos distribution copy, since it's a completely separate application. Otherwise, it's ready to go, and can be added at any time after I get my version with updated docs and lsm file off the other machine. hth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
