Hi gang:
Well I'm probably a little older than Dave and Lenny. I first met Ted
Henter
when he and I think Derek came down to Fort Myers and they had a seminar
at
red lobster, I spoke to both of them at that time don't remember the exact
date. I was using TSI'S speech synthesizer on an IBM 3280. I and my
department director went over to Stuart Florida and watch the demo of an
early standalone computer, we didn't buy it. D I then received a modified
version of the IBM 3280 with speech, it had a little pad that was
connected
by a cable that you used to control the speech much like what you do now
on
a desktop with jaws for speech. E I don't know that I was first or second
to
buy jaws but I can tell you my serial number is in the low 1100s. P it's
been a great trip through version 1 up to 18 now and I've had every
version
I have long retired from the school system. A I will be 83 years old at
the
end of June, so this probably puts me as one of the oldest on this list. R
Hope this rambling through a little of history helps, tment director
George R. Marshall
geoma4.marsh...@gmail.com
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Lenny,
Your age is showing, man.
Dave
Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh"
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Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2017 11:22
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] A look back at history:
A little more information. In 1980 Dean Blazy started Maryland Computer
Systems where he first released ITS , information through speech, it was
based on an HP computer. Ted Hinter worked for Dean at that time. In 1980
I
had the world's first talking computer linked to an IBM main frame
computer
an IBM 370. After the first or 2nd winter in Maryland Ted left for a
warmer
climate and started his own company. There was a dispute over the name so
he
changed it to Hinter Joyce.
It was around 1985 when I purchased jaws for dos. In 1995 he released
JFW,
I was the 47th individual to purchase that product.
-----Original Message----- From: Angel238
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2017 9:58 AM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: [JAWS-Users] A look back at history:
On this list, there have been references to "Freedom Scientific". The
company which preceded the current company. Which now owns our adaptive
screen reading and magnification products. I think it might be of
interest
to the newer users of Jaws to know: "Freedom Scientific" was not the
first
company to own Jaws. The first was "Henter Joyce". Founded by Ted
Henter,
and, I believe Dean Blazy. It might also interest you to know, Ted henter
was blind. He sold the company. to illustrate again how successful we
blind people can be. If we just reach for the stars, and develop our
fullest potential. Which we do all the time. How far Jaws has come from
the time when its initials meant Job Access With Speech. Young people,
now
days, are indeed fortunate to be able to accomplish, with so much more
ease,
things which much more effort was taken to achieve a half century ago.
Prior to the use of the internet, and when our only printing device was
the
typewriter. Though, then, once a skill was learned, one could rely on
being
able to employ that skill for years. Now, it seems, with such rapid
changes, it seems new skills must be learned constantly. To accomplish
the
same things?
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