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From: Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Doug Geoffray)
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Subject: Re: Vocal-Eyes
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Date: 25 Sep 90 02:48:25 GMT
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 WS>      Doug, I agree with you.   I was just trying to check on
 WS>  some things about the menus without going back to the manuals.
 WS>   Which brings me to another point, when reading the menus, and
 WS>  you can't understand something, and you would like to spell it
 WS>  out, you can't do it with the arrow keys.  Since the up and
 WS>  down arrow keys move you through the menu, why can't the left
 WS>  and right arrow keys move you over the words a letter at a
 WS>  time.  Maybe you       can do that   if it is not too much
 WS>  trouble.

Walter,

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

  Thanks for the input.  I have noted your ideas.

 WS>      While I am at it Doug, when I am typing, I like to keep
 WS>  the keyboard echo on, and echo each letter as I am typing.
 WS>  There seems to be a delay from the time I type the letter, and
 WS>  when the key is echoed back to me.  Increasing the rate does
 WS>  not help.  I also have all keys interrupt on, but it still
 WS>  does this to me, and this slows me down.

Walter,
  I am not sure if you have seen some of my older messages about this
problem or not.  I have just recently added a few device drivers and
modified all the others.

To make a long story short, the reason Vocal-Eyes was a bit slower then
some other screen readers was because of a quirk in the synthesizer.  For
example, if you are using two different voice speeds or rates with your
screen reader, at some point it might get stuck in the wrong rate or pitch.
Vocal-Eyes would never do this.  And because of this, the response was
slower.  I have since made a compremise and now you have the best of both
worlds.  (There was a lot more to this but I hope you get the idea).

The bottom line, if you would like I would be glad to send you the latest
device driver.  This I am sure will clear up any sluggishness you may be
having.  All of the new drivers are currently in beta testing but very soon
I will place them into production.  They make a world of difference.

Sincerely,
  Doug

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