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From: Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Doug Geoffray)
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Subject: synthesizers and stuff
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Date: 20 Sep 90 03:07:56 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 JP>        On silly question:  I am a sighted person with very
 JP>  little exposure to synthesizers except for some shareware
 JP>  stuff like may Max Headroom and Talk.  Is there a standard way
 JP>  to interface with the synthesizers, or is there somewhere that
 JP>  I could get more information on attatching to synthesizers
 JP>  that are out there?
 JP>        We're working on our own "Talking" software but that
 JP>  will take a while to develop.  In the mean time I was
 JP>  wondering if there were ways that we could tie our softwware
 JP>  directly to synthesizers.

Jan,
  My first impression would be for you to make your "Talking" software
work with screen readers instead of directly accessing the synthesizer.

As you may or may not know, we have our own screen reader "Vocal-Eyes."
Vocal-Eyes or any screen reader handles the dirty work between the
application and the synthesizer.  I feel this would be the best way to
go.  Just a thought!
  Regards,
       Doug

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