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>>>>> "Tristan" == Tristan Healy <> writes:

Tristan> ...  The screenreader evaluation would actually be adequate
Tristan> for strictly reading what is in your pc(windows only), and
Tristan> the...

Not sure why you are interested in screen readers.  At best a screen
reader is trying to figure out, from what is being displyed to the
vidio device, just what is happening.

If you want to read, write, code, keep appointments, diaries,
calculate, do spread sheets and deal with the internet in a consistant
audio environment, Emacspeak is far beyond the limitations of
screen readers and it, emacs and linux are all free.

If you want to run a particular dos program you can do it in emacspeak
with dosemu!  (Yes, then emacspeak is acting like a dos screenreader,
but you can still create context sensitive voice changes).

If you can't take the linux/emacspeak plunge there are quite a few
free and shareware dos screenreaders.  Prior to my conversion to
emacspeak (and as you may be able to tell "conversion" is the right
word) I was very fond of tinytalk (try searching for ttexe167.zip).
Heck, I even payed the $75 shareware reg.  I know there are several
free screen readers out there as well like provox4d (search for
provox4d.zip).  I used to walk around with an NEC multispeed (V30),
tinytalk and a covox speechthing - but now I am dating myself.

If you are realy interested in audio output envierments, you owe it to
yourself to look into emacspeak.

http://www.cs.vassar.edu/mirror/emacspeak/

Once you do, let me know what you think.

'nuf said.

Greg

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