Hi: I forgot to mention that the author of ASAP, Larry Skutchan has given me permission to include ASAP with the package, as long as I include a statement from him. I put it in one of the readme files under the ASAP directory, but, essentially, Larry Skutchan is ok with me distributing ASAP in my package, but, requests that he not be contacted for tech support, as he is no longer actively supporting the product. Provox should work, though, if you can point me to a source for it, I can try to add it as an option. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Mateusz Viste Hello Joseph, Thank you for the very detailed instructions - that's exactly what I was planning to test today, but it seems you did all the work already. To keep it short for other readers of this list, here's how it works: 1. FreeDOS must be installed inside a virtualization solution (I used VirtualBox, Joseph used VMWare Player) 2. FreeDOS must hae a screen reader installed (Joseph chose ASAP, while I was experimenting with PROVOX and JAWS) 3. The screen reader must be set to "Braille 'n Speak" mode and COM1 4. In the hypervizor properties, COM1 must be redirected to a virtual port: under Windows this can apparently be done with "Com0Com" 5. On the host OS, a Braille 'n Speak emulator needs to be installed and made to listen over the virtual port. The emulator is named "vbns" and is available in two flavors: one that uses eSpeak as its TTS backed, and another one that relies on the native Windows SAPI Joseph, the only "non-free" part of your setup is the ASAP software. Have you, by any chance, fiddled with PROVOX? It's a DOS screen reader that was open-sourced under GPL2, and it seems to support Braille 'n Speak (called "BNS" in the program). If that would be a valid option, it's something that could be added to FreeDOS. Mateusz On 16/03/2020 03:59, joseph.nor...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Felix: > > Since you’re usig DOSBox, and the description of your setup, I think you > have everything you need to run FreeDOS. > > If you want to try it, you can get VMWare Player for free and install it. > > I put together a version of FreeDOS 1.3 RC2 a couple months ago. Here > is the instruction files I posted back then. > > If you’re using the Talking DOSBox package, I believe it is configured > for com9 as one of the ports. If that’s the case, just substitute com9 > for the reference to com3. Anyway, here is the instructions file I put > together along with links that should get you on the way. You probably > don’t need to download com0com or the virtual Braille ‘n speak program, > but, it just depends on what you want. > > Reply to me off-list at: > > joseph.nor...@gmail.com <mailto:joseph.nor...@gmail.com> > > if you have any questions: > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user |
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