[Ham-Computers] Software for Blind question

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

There is a world of difference between a simple 'screen reading' program and a
user interactive screen reading program.

What MS has is not a joke, it was licensed from henter Joyce Inc. in FL and is
the TTS engine meant for third party developers.	
	
The software I use is by Freedom Scientific Inc. (merger of Henter-Joyce +
Arkenstone + Blaze Engineering) and is known as JFW (JAWS For Windows, the
"JAWS" meaning Job Access With Speech. it retails for $795	
	
Then you need a speech synthesizer, hardware, another $400-$1000, depending on
how robotic and limited the synthesizer is. And more -	
	
Please send your specific questions to me direct and I will be glad to answer
them. I have no financial interest in any of the developers or their products,
nor am I a dealer. My involvement was in 1980 with TI who developed TTS, Text To
Speech.	
	
Duane Fischer, W8DBF	
dfischer at usol.com  

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From: johngadd at comcast.net
To: Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications,  or
experimenting <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Software for Blind question
Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 6:55 PM

Microsoft has a special dept for that! 

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> One of our members uses software designed for blind people. I'd like to 
> know more about the different programs that are available. Could you please 
> contact me directly? Thanks. 
> 
> Steven Karty - N5SK 
> kartys at cox.net 
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