Hi! > Last time I tried running my screen reader on freedos (admittedly, it > was several years ago, and freedos wasn't anywhere near ver 1.0) it > just plain didn't work.
Then try again. If you use NANSI, make sure to use the /R option to force output via BIOS. FreeDOS uses BIOS int 10 function 0e for many things while MS DOS uses the slower but more flexible pair 2 and 9. Screen readers should support both styles. > There is a free w/source screen reader for dos called provox. As it is open source, it will be easy to check which BIOS styles it supports - by reading the source and or by asking the author. Patching should be easy enough, too... Note that modern hardware often has very limited soundblaster compatibility, but maybe your screen reader uses other hardware anyway. > Most modern operating systems have some sort of screen reader built-in Not really. Larger Linux distros tend to make it easy to install brltty but brltty is not part of the kernel or anything... > If this could be made to work, freedos could then be listed as > blindfriendly, and would likely win a few more supporters. I would recommend making a separate boot disk or boot cd with the screen reader already enabled. > how does one go about including a product in the base distribution While a screen reader is useful, it is not base in the way our base is defined... Our base is: Things which do things that you were able to do with ms dos without installing additional software. Note that distros such as http://rugxulo.googlepages.com/ include more than just base but are still small. I recently made a single 2.88 MB diskette image out of the first two Rugxulo diskettes, as that is useful for making a bootable cd or dvd. Cheers, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
