Hello, Some of you are bringing up Screen Readers I have never heard of, and I was there back in those early DOS days.
I started out in the mid 1980's with a Tandy TRS 80 with something called TRSDOS I can't recall the name of the Screen Reader, but it was basic, but for then, it was way better than having nothing. The Synthesizer was an Echo GP, which had this very Robotic Voice. But, once you learned its accent, it was alright. Spent a lot of time Writing with something called Lazy /writer, which was a very simple Word Processor. I also spent way too much time playing those Info Comm Text Adventure Games. I was to be married to this woman, but it wasn't working out and I broke up with her. She was so angry, she threw her Engagement Ring at me. It was Gold with Diamonds, so I kept it. I ended up trading that Ring for a real deal IBM XT, with a giant 10 MB HD and 256 K of memory. I bought something called PC Enhanced, which was a Screen Reader made by someone out of Ohio. Had that until I bought the Screen Reader made by Artic, which I used for a couple of years. Think I was still using the Echo GP for the Synth. Then in the mid to early 90's, I bought Vocalize, and I've been a Vocalize and then Window Eyes user ever since. I laugh about it now, but I owe my 25 years of working in the Computer Software field, to that woman getting so mad, that she flung her Ring at me. I would have never been able to buy an IBM system back then, and if I had not gotten that IBM, I would have never learned enough about computers to be Dangerous enough for someone to take the risk and hire me. Now, that's what I call making Lemon Aid out of Lemons! And of course, Vocalize and Window Eyes were invaluable tools to keep me employed and making some good money. funny how things work out sometimes. Grumpy Dave _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
