Yes, it did have its issues in the older versions - lots of issues really. Its much better now though.
On 09/06/2009, Ignasi Cambra <ignasicam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Oh I remember Hal. They actually translated that one to catalan, which > is my first language. I thought it was really cool so I gave it a try, > but I never got that screen reader to work for me for some reason... > On Jun 9, 2009, at 5:04 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > >> >> Oh yes. We had several screen readers developed here in Sweden and >> Denmark that we used along with the Swedish Infovox synths. Yes, >> Infovox was Swedish in the beginning. We didn't use Asap or Jaws for >> dos or any of the other screen readers. The only non-scandinavian >> screen reader in use was Hal from Dolphin in England. >> /Krister >> >> >> 9 jun 2009 kl. 02.07 skrev Tiffany D: >> >>> >>> Definitely not boring. I didn't know that there were separate >>> screenreaders for multiple languages back then. The only synth I'd >>> ever heard that could handle those was the Apollo. Sothis is >>> interesting to me at least. >>> >>> On 07/06/2009, Ignasi Cambra <ignasicam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> All this stories are so fascinating...! Many of these computers you >>>> guys are talking about are way older than me anyway... I started >>>> using >>>> DOS with a spanish screen reader called Habla. Well I think it was >>>> developed in Spain, but I don't know if anyone else ever tried it. >>>> It >>>> was kind of similar to JAWS for Dos. I used that thing with an >>>> external synth connected through the serial port. The synth was made >>>> in Spain too, and it was pretty fancy for the time. Well, actually >>>> it >>>> might not be a spanish synth, I don't know. It had some very very >>>> sharp braille dots on it that said "Ciberveu". No seriously, they >>>> were >>>> sharp enough that if you tried to read them with too much energy I >>>> guess they could hurt you and everything! I was 7 or 8 years old by >>>> then, so I only used Word Perfect and a dictionary that came in >>>> some 6 >>>> or 7 disketes. I even had a really, really loud embosser that I >>>> still >>>> use these days. After that I started using a PC with Windows 98 >>>> when I >>>> was 10 or 11. It had a 1gb HD and 64mb ram. After going through all >>>> those Windows PC's I finally got a Macbook aluminum and I can't be >>>> any >>>> happier with it... >>>> Oh well, my story is obviously boring and uninteresting, but >>>> somehow I >>>> wrote it anyway... >>>> >>>> Ignasi >>>> On Jun 7, 2009, at 5:01 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi folks, >>>>> I don't know if i have told you my computer history fully and if i >>>>> had, feel free to skip this mail. >>>>> I think i am one of the few blind people who actually started my >>>>> computer experience in a graphical environment and loved it from >>>>> the >>>>> start. >>>>> The very first computer like thing i had was an Eureka A4, ya know >>>>> those note takers with thermometer, clock, calendar and many more >>>>> things on them. It had its own variation of Cp/m so it was a >>>>> command >>>>> line interface. Then by accident or coinsidence or how one should >>>>> say >>>>> it, i and my work mates stumbled upon Outspoken through an ad in a >>>>> paper. We decided to try it out since a work mate on my job back >>>>> then >>>>> had a Mac Se30 with System 7 on it. It so happened that one of >>>>> rehabilitation people i knew had a copy of Outspoken in a drawer >>>>> that >>>>> he had discarded as useless some time ago. I asked if i could >>>>> borrow >>>>> it and test it and got reluctant permission. Boy, was i glad when i >>>>> discovered that not only could i access the Mac, but i could use it >>>>> just as well as my sighted collegues, with the exception of >>>>> graphics >>>>> editing. I got a mac myself, that is first we rented a Mac Classic >>>>> with 80 Meg hard drive and i thought that "I'm never gonna fill >>>>> this >>>>> gigantic hard drive". The experimentations went so well that i got >>>>> my >>>>> own Mac a Mac II Vx with 200 meg hard drive. This must have been >>>>> around 1993 or something. I also had a Powerbook back then. This >>>>> setup >>>>> went with me until 1996 or thereabouts when i was more or less >>>>> forced >>>>> to switch to PC. Of course i was curious as to what one could do >>>>> with >>>>> a PC and Dos so that was one of the reasons i switched. As i had >>>>> used >>>>> Outspoken and loved it on the Mac, i decided to try Outspoken for >>>>> Windows when it came out. It was quite good, but not as good as the >>>>> Mac version. >>>>> Time went by and i tried various Windows incarnations, 95, 98 and >>>>> XP, >>>>> and now i'm back on the mac again and love it. >>>>> One thing that i must mention before i finish this longish mail is >>>>> that the only braille embosser compatible with the mac at that >>>>> time in >>>>> Sweden, at least that's what they said, was a big loud thing called >>>>> the Versapoint, anione remember that one? I never got that one to >>>>> work. >>>>> Well thanks for reading this looooongish letter of nostalgia. >>>>> /Krister >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > > > > -- Kind regards, BEN. email: bmustillr...@gmail.com msn: benmustillr...@hotmail.com web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
