i also started out with window-eyes, using a speak-out synth.
i also used megadots, vocal-eyes, and windows 3.11.
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From: Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD,Inc. via Talk
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2017 5:01 PM
To: 'Joseph Norton' ; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List'
Subject: RE: A blast from the past?
I began learning to work with computers on my own in 1992; my first screen
reader and synthesizer were purchased with my own funds from E V A S in
Rhode Island. I had not known that I could have made a purchase right here
in my village through Beyond Sight, Inc. which initially was Second Sight.
I don't recall what the name of the screen reader was back then, it was most
certainly for DOS; it came with Apollo synthesizer, but not knowing much too
much about computers, I could not get it to work, so, I sent it back for a
refund.
Learning to use my computer became a huge problem for nearly five weeks!
Then I got some more information about Second Sight owned by Jim Misener. I
visited him at home, almost a 40-minute drive from where I lived. He talked
to me about Vocal-Eyes! I was hesitant; he did several demos for me and
allowed me to play with his computer. He showed me some basic Vocal-Eyes
commands. Wow, Vocal-Eyes' responsiveness sold me at last! I bought the
screen reader from him with Sounding Board which I still have to this day.
Later, I purchased Speak-out directly from GW Micro and I still have it,
although the battery is dead and I can't find the charger and the parallel
port connector it came with.
Jim Misener did move his company to a store front and changed its name to
Beyond Sight, Inc. About 12 years ago or thereabout, he sold it and got out
of business altogether.
I have been a customer of GW Micro since the latter half of 1992! I later
learned that GW Micro was an offshoot of Computer Aids Corporation which,
back in the '80's was a pioneer in its own right in the area of screen
reading technology albeit Apple's II-E was the most popular stuff in town
next to Tandy and Atari if memory serves. I was a student at Indiana
University Bloomington when Computer Aids Corporation, Inc. made a name for
itself; however, I didn't pay any close attention to computers and held on
to my typewriter for dear life!
Some of what I said above about GW Micro may be incorrect, but I'm sure
there are more knowledgeable folks here who can bail me out by helping to
correct a few things. Aside from anything else, that's my story as it
relates to my involvement with GW Micro! I'll go back to watching
Window-Eyes in its hospice bed take the last breath!
Sincerely,
Olusegun
Denver, Colorado
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