The Artic synthesizer and screen reader was the very first one on the PC I learned in 1990. The first set of games I played in DOS were the Infocom games like Zork and Leather Godesses. Man, those were the days. Soon after learning Artic Business Vision which was the DOS screen reader, I learned of Vocal-Eyes and saw it was much better, so I switched to it instead, and well, 18 years later, here I am, actually working for the company who made Vocal-Eyes, and now, Window-Eyes. The cool thing is I can still play all those old text adventure games and I don't need DOS to do it in either.
Still, it was interesting to read about this. In fact, I think I stillhave an Artic synthesizer laying around somewhere. last time I saw it, my 3 year old boy was playing with it in his room. dark said the following on 1/7/2008 12:27 PM: > Hi. > > I've never even heard of an artic note taker before, much less used one, and > thus have no idea about any of the games you mention or those available on > this site. If they are text games, can you play them on a normal windows > Pc, ----- either by running the files directly, or with some sort of > interpreter program? > > More information would deffinately be appreciated. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 4:24 PM > Subject: [Audyssey] Treat for text gamers! > > >> Hi guys, >> First, before I talk about the games, because this is where I found them, >> do >> you guys still remember the Artic notetakers? Was it ever true that you >> could put games onto them, why I'm also asking is because one of my >> friends >> might be using a BrailleDesk that the uni lends out next year, so it will >> be >> a great experiment. Anyway, I hope these could somehow work under JFW and >> command prompt, but remember the card collection for visually impaired >> people, or the collection of table games, or even some other cool ones >> like >> Skyland, Time for Church, etc? Anyway, these absolutely hard-to-find games >> are all at the following link, which is a site I've at last found with >> info >> about Artic, by the way, a bit OT, but have they actually closed down, the >> site doesn't say anything. Here's the link to the games >> http://www.articannex.ws/ >> enjoy, and please get back to me about whether it is possible to use a >> Braillepad, Ergo Braille, or Braille Desk to play games on! >> Thanks >> Ari >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Raul A. Gallegos -- http://www.asmodean.net --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
