*blushes* Thanks. I graduated college with a 4.0 gpa and a BA in sociology and then earned a certificate to teach English as a Second Language. I guess it was good for something after all! *smile* Seriously, though, it's great to be here. I'm not sure how much help I can get but who knows? Maybe, there's a programmer on here who wrote some of that great tech.
Take care, Eleni On 7/14/10, David Ferrin <[email protected]> wrote: > We don't have a limit on how many posts any given person is allowed to send > out in the course of a typical day so long as the messages are on topic is > all we concern ourselves about for the most part. I must say you sure can > compose an email message, welcome to the list. > David Ferrin > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eleni Vamvakari" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:44 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Need Technology Recommendations > > >> Hello to everyone, >> >> Please forgive the multiple posts that I'll be making today, but I >> didn't want to lump everything into one topic and confuse everyone. I >> promise to not make overposting a habbit and the other posts will be >> shorter than this one. >> >> In any case, my birth name is Tiffany but I intend on switching >> legally to Eleni, so that's what I'll be using here. Some of you may >> know me from Facebook, from the Zone or from other places. I'm 26 and >> I've loved MS-DOS ever since I was a teenager. I've used Windows for >> 14 years with JFW, Hal, a demo of WindowEyes and NVDA and have also >> used Leopard and Snow Leopard. Recently, however, I've found a system >> called Enhanced DR-DOS. It's based off DR-DOS and is 100% MS-DOS >> compatible but is still being updated to keep it modern. My intention >> is to switch to it for most things. To that end, I'm in the process >> of having a truly custom desktop built. I'm wondering if you could >> recommend or help me find some DOS and screenreader-Compatible >> technology and software such as a flatbed scanner and/or accessible >> ocr software, a bar code reader, an internet browser, a txt and/or rtf >> editor, a spreadsheet program and anything else that comes to mind. I >> know that there is alot of software and hardware out there, some older >> and some newer, but it's difficult finding out what's accessible and >> what's not and this is even more a problem when the software is >> commercial, since I'd then be stuck with something that I can't use. >> On the other hand, most of the places that sold the adaptive >> technology no longer have it or no longer exist. I'm especially >> interested in ocr and am considering Omnipage but don't know which is >> the last version for DOS. I have Recognita but not the latest one and >> have been searching for an Open Book Unbound but can't find it and am >> not sure what scanners work with it. I e-mailed Benetech but got no >> response. I have a Braille Blazer and two external Echos and a >> non-working Accent SA, so I don't immediately need a synthesizer. >> That said, I really would love to find something better, especially a >> KeyNote SA or Companion (looking for seven years with no luck), an >> Apollo capable of speaking in Greek or a DecTalk Express or PC. I own >> a KeyNote Gold Laptop with the Voicecard inside and adore the speech, >> but am worried about transferring it to another computer due to it's >> fragility. I also have Word Perfect 5.1 and it's text editor, though >> as you'll see in another post, it's acting a bit strangely with >> VocalEyes. NoteWorthy is wonderful, but since it's a tsr, it can only >> handle small files and I only have the demo. I know that no selling >> etc. is allowed on the list, but if you have a piece of technology >> that you think might benefit me, please e-mail me offlist. >> >> Thanks, >> Eleni >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
