Eleni,
One piece of software that comes to mind is a full service editor
manufactured by Simantek called Q&A. That one, in the DOS version,
operates both an excellent text editor and a relatively simple spreadsheet
program which work in conjunction with one another. For example, you can
create a document, enter coding which will insert the appropriate text in
specific locations.
There was also a Windows based version but it didn't last long. It was a
very bad piece of software and I hope you don't get stuck with that.
I have a full set of Q&A and would be glad to offer it to you.
I don't know whether you are in the U.S. or not.
If you are interested, please e-mail me off list.
John Justice
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From: "Eleni Vamvakari" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:44 PM
To: <[email protected]>
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
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