Yes! It was called 64 Reader. I believe it was developed by Ed Bowman, who later went on to write a DOS screen reader called Tiny Talk.
Andy "I'm pretty good at drinkin beer." -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nektarios Mallas Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 4:13 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: scanner vs eye pal solo Hi. So, was there a screen reader for the ¬commodore or the amiga computers? I had an Amstrad cpc 6128 myself, and I had to do many tricks to get by. Nice discussion. Nektarios. On Oct 28, 2010, at 2:01 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > The Commodore VICE 20 was my first computer, closely followed by the > Commodore 64 (fantastic sound CHIP, lovely synth sounds) then I was a > huge fan of the Amiga for many years also because of its sound and > great games too. And it was one of the first GUI type computers that > actually multi tasked way before Windows and Mac OS. The old Amiga OS > so reminds me of Mac OS X > > Chris > On 27 Oct 2010, at 23:53, Scott Granados wrote: > >> Oh man the Apple II line was a great learning tool. >> >> I had the II E and learned a great deal from my experience, not all >> of which were legal by any sense of the imagination. (bluebox >> anyone) I miss the 6502 assembler.:) >> >> On Oct 27, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >>> Rose, >>> it helps to have messed with computer and electronics since being a kid. I am just 14 years behind you. I have been messing with computers and electronics since age 10 (my first computer was a put together kit called an Altairre). my first consumer electronic unit was an apple IIc. >>> >>> so, I've been around the scene for a very long time. :) >>> >>> -Eric >>> >>> On Oct 27, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Rosemary Gallagher wrote: >>> >>>> hi, all. I am a fairly new mac user, although I am 59 and totally >>>> blind and have been for 27 years. I never used a computer while I >>>> was working in the 80's and tried out an old Apple in 1985 at >>>> Braille Institute. the point of ths is that I am getting a device >>>> called the eye pal solo which uses a camera to take a picture of >>>> printed material and then reads it. it works fairly well since the >>>> scanner I have hooked up to minimac is so complicated that I >>>> couldn't remember all the steps to make it work. so, the eye pal is >>>> a good althernative for me. I am sure there is a web site for it, >>>> but am not sure. this is still all new for me and I am somewhat >>>> intimidated by how radically intelligent and computer savvy you all >>>> are. I had missed the boat, but am swimming behind, trying to catch >>>> up. Joy >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
