Sorry, not ProTalk. I meant to say TermTalk.
Sorry for the confusion.
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From: Joseph Norton [mailto:joseph.nor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 3:09 PM
To: 'Butch Bussen' <but...@shellworld.net>; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List'
<talk@lists.window-eyes.com>; 'Lloyd Rasmussen' <l...@sprynet.com>
Subject: RE: history of window eyes
I bought ProTalk for my Apple IIe, and was very pleased with it.
I did try ProTerm from Larry Skutchan (MicroTalk), but, it did not perform
the way I wanted in certain situations. ProTalk, written by Doug Geofrey
was what I stuck with. /
Conversely, on the PC side, I used ASAP for DOS, but, almost exclusively
Window-Eyes, from 1999 onward. Wow! Almost 17 years have passed since I
started using Window-Eyes. I've still got my Window-Eyes 3.1 disc, now an
ISO in OneDrive, just in case I need it. Doubt if I ever will, but, I hate
to throw anything away. It survived a house fire, since I had it stored in
a bank safe-deposit box at the time.
Anyway, I've had lots of computer fun, and, did not have to use the shark to
do it.
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Subject: Re: history of window eyes
I got my first apple 2 e in 1983 and bought programs from Bill. I don't
know the exact year, but it was about that time Doug started working part
time for Bill. He was still in College as I recall. I know Doug was
greatly involved in developing small talk which I think came out in 1985.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.
On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, Lloyd Rasmussen via Talk wrote:
I don't have time to write a very long message, but here's a little of
the story.
In the early 1980s Bill Grimm formed a company, Computer Aids
Corporation, to create software for the Apple II family of computers.
They teamed up with Malcolm Holser to create a screen reader for DOS
called Screen-Talk, which was released in 1985, which I bought and
used. In 1986 Screen-Talk was linked with ProKey, a macro program, and
its functionality was extended. Somewhere in there, Doug Geoffray was
hired as a programmer. In 1988 Computer Aids released the Sounding
Board, an ISA-compatible speech synthesizer that used the SSI-263
speech chip that was common in those days. Dan Wyrick did major work
on
that project. Near that time Bill Grimm died.
Dan and Doug put together a new company, GW Micro and marketed the
new-generation DOS screen reader as Vocal-Eyes.
The first Windows 3.0 screen reader was OutSpoken, released in the
summer of 1992. Later came Automatic Screen Access for Windows and
JAWS
for Windows.
Window-Eyes 1.0 came out quite late, in late 1995. It worked with
Windows 3 and 3.1, even though Windows 95 was already out and had no
screen reader support from anyone at first. Window-Eyes 2 was the
first W-E version to support Windows 95, and came out in the spring of
1997, I think.
The revision history of Window-Eyes is on the GW Micro website, going
way back; it is instructive to read it to see where we have come from.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message----- From: Drew Clark via Talk
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 3:56 AM
To: Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: history of window eyes
hi,
i am interested to find out the history of window eyes, who created it
and how it was started. is there any webpage/audio podcast that
interviews the g and the w behind gw micro?
thanks
--
Sent using window eyes.
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