Hi Mike,
I think this is one area where a GUI system can be better than a text
based system. The problem with many screen readers was that they did
exactly that - read the screen, but under text based systems the
developer does not design his applications with consistency - each has
it's own menu system, hotkeys and so on. With a GUI like Windows, the
screen elements are more defined, so it's very clear whether you're in a
content pane, or interacting with a menu. The key bindings are also more
consistent across multiple applications. I noticed that Office 2003 has
built-in speech support, but I have not actually tried it.
I also remember the problems with DOS/WP51 and Dolphin speech
synthesisers, and as you say the lack of sound card support was a
problem. We migrated our blind users to Jaws under Windows and it seems
to solve a lot of problems, was quite expensive as I remember.
This page may be a starting point, but I can't find anything specific
for DOS:
http://www.netserv.net.au/doonbank/speech.html
mike coulombe wrote:
Hi I am a blind computer user. Does anyone know of a freeware software package for dos.
This way speech could be obtained threw the sound card and a external speech unit wouldn't be needed.
Thanks Mike.
PS incase you don't know what a screen reader is, it makes the computer speak the contance of the screen.
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