Travis,
Perhaps the item is elsewhere in this thread, will have to check.
Still, speaking personally, one thing I have discovered over decades of
using them is that a quality design screen reader can differ from what it
provides.
For example, tiny talk gives one limited ability to set symbol controls.
vocal eyes creates tons and tons of items that can be set.
asap does not provide feedback when things are being written to the
screen..unless your computer has a PC speaker. Business vision can if you
want.
Therefore, speaking personally, perhaps the better description in DOS is
not about screen reader friendliness. Instead it is about not drawing upon
DOS's graphical interface for presentation, or writing to the Bias, or
something along those lines.
One reason why I feel this matters is for those who do not use the
technology and confuse a screen reader with tts..which is rarely the same
thing.
Want a better environment example? Try discussing screen reader
friendliness to Linux users.
I never worry about my screen reader working..its why I have several of
them lol.
Just my personal opinion,
Kare
On Fri, 7 Nov 2025, tsiegel--- via Freedos-user wrote:
Bc (the calculator mentioned earlier in the thread from the djgpp
collection), works just fine with screen readers, so I would say that it's
screen reader friendly, regardless of what screen reader you're using.
It's a command line program, and it talks just like the dos prompt does.
If you're concerned about your screen reader not working, then just grab that
one, and you won't have any other problems with calculators.
On 11/6/2025 9:34 PM, Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user wrote:
Thanks Eric for providing both options.
Speaking very personally, there is no such thing as generalized screen
reader friendly.
This is because many factors impact what specific screen reader programs
provide across environments if that resonates.
I am thankful therefore to discover which option suits my individual
desires.
Best,
Kare
On Wed, 5 Nov 2025, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> All FreeDOS packages in the monthly test distro releases
>
> https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/report.html
>
>
> are linked as individual zip for download:
>
> https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/unstable/util/rcal.zip
>
>
> https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/unstable/util/foxcalc.zip
>
>
> Note that foxcalc has a text-mode pop-up interface,
> while rcal is a prompt-based interactive text thing.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> > Hi there,
> > Can they be downloaded on their own?
> > I do not run freedos itself as of yet.
> > Karen
>
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