Hi, do you all remember tiny talk? A version needed for whatever synthesizer you had installed? At least that is what I remember. I had it available on my BBS, another memory, (should say several memories), running, finally evolved into EzyCom, and I think I ran FrontDoor, for the input to the system because had FidoNet. 1:203.9264
----- Curtis Delzer, HS. K6VFO San Bernardino, CA On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 11:41:46 -0700 Dave Basden via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > I might add that Malcolm, who worked as a ranger at Yosemite near Fresno > where I lived at the time, initially called his PC screenreader Vocal-Eyes > and I was one of the beneficiaries. He had originally designed it for a > fellow ranger at Yosemite who was only partially sighted. I still see his > name on the lists occasionally. Bill Grimm was then naming all his software > releases Whatever-talk, so when Malcolm teamed up with Computer Aids, the > program was renamed Screen Talk. When Doug Geoffrey took over Computer Aids, > he named his screen reader Vocal-Eyes. Apparently Malcolm had no objection > to that. Actually Doug wasn't even aware that the name had been used by > Malcolm. Later GW Micro released Window-Eyes for Windows as, as you know, > Vocal-Eyes was a DOS screen reader. > > Dave > > At 04:02 AM 10/17/2016, you 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. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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/lras%40sprynet.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 > >_______________________________________________ > >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/dave%40basden.us. > >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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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/curtis%40calweb.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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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