As someone who owns and is an admin for a mud, I'd like nothing more than an accessible way to access a mud with the Mac. I've tried a few Mac clients with little or no luck. A client called, Mud Walker, seems to have promise, but since I am not a programmer, I have no way of knowing what kind of work would be needed. So, if we can get terminal to work, I'd love to have a mud client that would work with it.
Take Care John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. 9 Nolan Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 Email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, PULSEDATA, DUXBURY, DANCING DOTS, ROBOTRON AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jane Jordan (gmail) Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:56 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind Subject: Re: Cocoa Speech KDREV (CS-KDREV) - Convert text to audio file withfine control over synthesized speech settings. Guess I'd better clarify. TinyFugue is a mud client that lets you connect. And one of its featuers I like is that you can type in a command /recall and then a number of lines of text, and it will read those back to you. Heh. Jane On Mar 19, 2006, at 11:37 AM, Kafka's Daytime wrote: > Hi Jane, > > No no, I need the thoughts on what the app should do...will help me > avoid building something that doesn't work for you. Thanks for the > direction and I'll check out TinyFugue too. It seems I've done > proof-of-concept, now will need to see how I can flesh it out. > > Joe > > On Mar 19, 2006, at 10:45 AM, Jane Jordan (gmail) wrote: > >> Have you ever played around with Linux and speech, Joe? I had a hack >> put together years ago, and if I understand it right, it simply read >> the output. I mean, it read whatever was added to the screen. That >> includes if I usea program that let me review text-- TinyFugue is an >> example, it would read that and then it would keep right on reading >> whatevert text had come up in the meantime. >> rkght now with terminal to read text in the window you have to >> interact with it and kind of guess where you last where and read from >> there. Well that's not entirely accurate either. You have to read >> from the end backwardes. >> >> So I gues what would be helpful is yes to have something that will >> read whatever pops up onto the screen automatically. That would >> make some thigns more fun on here, like playing on mucks and maybe >> even playing te3xt adventure ganmes. Course, I could probably use >> Lynx if I wanted, too. >> >> Anyhowm I hope this long-winded email told you somehting useful. :) >> Jane >> >> >> >> On Mar 19, 2006, at 3:17 AM, Kafka's Daytime wrote: >> >>> *grin* A front end for the terminal shouldn't be too terribly hard. >>> So it should just speak automatically whenever new information >>> appears? i.e. the audible equivalent of what's happening visually? >>> Give me some basics on what it should do and I'll look at taking a >>> crack at it in the reasonably near future...even if it's just a >>> stopgap i.e. Apple might be looking at enhancing Terminal access >>> with VO and that's probably the most desirable/elegant solution. Let >>> me know your thoughts. >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> On Mar 19, 2006, at 4:11 AM, BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net wrote: >>> >>>> dude! You! rock! >>>> >>>> now who gots dibs on writing a terminal app that speaks >>>> automatically? >>>> you got that covered too??? >>>> BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> website: http://blindtechs.net >>>> Visit our website where we offer free email, shell accoiunts, >>>> shoutcast radio service, online games and more! >>>> Powered by Unix not Microsoft >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 19, 2006, at 1:41 AM, Kafka's Daytime wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear All, >>>>> >>>>> I took a look at Lips today - which I know some of you have been >>>>> using regularly - with the intention of adding some of the new >>>>> features requested. Since Lips is written in AppleScript (using >>>>> AppleScript Studio) I decided, instead, to build a speech-to-audio >>>>> application in Objective-C/Cocoa. Information follows. Link to >>>>> download can be found at the end of this message. >>>>> >>>>> Enjoy, >>>>> >>>>> Joe >>>>> >>>>> Cocoa Speech KDREV (CS-KDREV) - Convert text to audio file with >>>>> fine control over synthesized speech settings. >>>>> >>>>> Cocoa Speech KDREV (CS-KDREV) is built on example code from Apple >>>>> and has the features of Lips (http://www.superpixel.ch/ >>>>> software/lips/) plus additional features (and more), requested by >>>>> members of the Macvisionaries discussion list (David, Cheryl, >>>>> Jane, Scott, et al). >>>>> >>>>> CS-KDREV is written in Objective-C/Cocoa and is a Universal >>>>> Application i.e. natively-compatible with both PowerPC and >>>>> Intel-based Macs. >>>>> >>>>> Installing CS-KDREV >>>>> >>>>> Unzip CS-KDREV and place the application anywhere on your Mac. >>>>> >>>>> CS-KDREV Features >>>>> >>>>> Listen to text read by any of the installed speech voices or >>>>> render text to audio file. >>>>> >>>>> CS-KDREV plays the system beep when conversion to audio file is >>>>> complete. >>>>> >>>>> Enjoy fine control of Speech Voice settings. Adjust speech rate, >>>>> pitch, pitch modulation and volume. >>>>> >>>>> Using CS-KDREV >>>>> >>>>> Quick Start >>>>> >>>>> Type or paste text into the text field. >>>>> >>>>> At launch, CS-KDREV defaults to the System Voice. You can select >>>>> any of the installed speech engines with the "Voice" pop up menu. >>>>> >>>>> To audition text with the selected speech engine and settings, >>>>> click the "Start Speaking" button. To render text to audio file >>>>> click the "Save as File..." button. An audio file (AIFF 22.05 Mono >>>>> 16 bit) will be saved at the selected location. >>>>> >>>>> Additional Information >>>>> >>>>> The CS-KDREV window includes two tabs: The "Voice" and >>>>> "Parameters" Tabs. The "Voice" tab is selected by default at >>>>> launch. When the Voice tab is selected, you can navigate to the >>>>> the "Voice" pop up menu and select from any of the installed >>>>> speech voices. >>>>> >>>>> Click the "Parameters" tab to access additional speech settings. >>>>> In the "Parameters" pane you can adjust speech rate, pitch base, >>>>> pitch modulation and volume. Each of these settings are >>>>> displayed/adjusted in an edit text field. Edit text fields are >>>>> populated with default settings whenever you select or reselect a >>>>> voice. If you change settings for a particular voice and want to >>>>> restore the default settings, simply reselect the voice (in the >>>>> "Voice" pane using the pop up menu) and default settings will be >>>>> restored. >>>>> >>>>> NOTE: The current version of CS-KDREV is a document-based >>>>> application. If there is text in the main text field when you quit >>>>> the application you will be asked if "...you want to save the >>>>> changes you made to the document "Untitled"". If you do not wish >>>>> to save the contents of the main text field to a file click the >>>>> "Don't Save" button. >>>>> >>>>> Support >>>>> >>>>> This software is free software, is provided as is and is not >>>>> formally supported. That being said, you may wish to send any >>>>> questions or feature requests to the macvisionaries >>>>> (www.macvisionaries.com) "Dicsuss" list or directly to the >>>>> developer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Download Cocoa Speech KDREV (CS-KDREV): >>>>> >>>>> http://www.kafkasdaytime.com/cs_kdrev.zip >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > >
