Hi, Kim, I think that's the synthesizer we used two. In my class we used a program called word talk. I remember the two floppy disks too. It was really funny how the speech would pronounce certain words. For instance, when it said "friends", it sounded like someone with a Southern accent. It also pronounced "Chicago" like you'd say "chicken". I thought that was hilarious!
Rosemarie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kim Kelly Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 5:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, I remember taking a computer class in the mid 80s, and we used a huge computer and two floppy disks and we used a speech program called "Vert Plus". Has anyone heard of that speech synthesizer? I thought that class was so fascinating. Learning Doss and all of those commands. What memories. Kim Kelly Clarkston Washington Email and facebook: [email protected] Alternative E-mail: [email protected] skype: kblinky971 Visit my website http://www.samobile.net/users/kimk59/ Keep on smiling and everyone will wonder what you've been up too. author unknown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, > Well, my first PC type computer was Maryland Computer Systems ITS, > information through speech. I then upgraded to total talk PC again by Dean > Blazie. > Then at home Karen won an 8088 Packard Bell xt computer. With that system > I used jaws for dos. I believe that in the mid 1980s is when I purchased > jaws for windows 1 for windows 3.0. At that time I hated windows and still > am not a fan of PCs. Give me my old big mainframes. B5500, B6700 then into > the larger IBM mainframes. The first computer that I worked on was an RCA > spectra 70 and the IBM 1401. > On these systems I had to write my own read /write macros and multiply and > divide routines. That was a lot of fun. > For the ITS, it was the world's first talking computer linked to an IBM > mainframe. When it was linked a news release was sent out through AP. I > started receiving calls from all around the world inquiring about it. > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "heather kd5cbl" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:07 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer museum, > >> One of my favorite system is weird! It was a 280 or 480 something back >> in the 80s. We had to use vex. I remember that we thought it was the >> coolest thing. That was when you had two floppy drives and about 2 or >> three buttons to turn the computer on. That thing is still probley >> working today! I remember we took the computer apart in school to see >> how the components worked. Remember that is when it took two folks to >> carry it or maybe it is because we were so little. I just remember >> playing that typing game where you hit a key before the ghost gets you. >> And I remember all the commands just to make the computer function. You >> had to do it in the exact order or you had to do it all over again. I >> remember having to type "win" inter to make the windows come up. I >> remember that if you wanted to spell check something, you had to put >> another flopp disk in that had the dictionary or part of it to get the >> correct word. I liked my old dos based commands. I was real >> disappointed when you did not have the direct access to windows root >> comands. I mean you can still have access but, dos was just so much more >> efficient. Heather >> >> 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/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
