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From: Eric.Bohlman@p1.f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (Eric Bohlman)
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Subject: Re: Synthesizer interfacing
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Date: 2 Oct 90 01:06:12 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Actually, it looks like MS-DOS is going to be sticking around for quite a  
while, thanks to software known as DOS extenders.  These programs, which get  
linked into an application by the developer, allow the application to run in  
protected mode with access to at least 16 megs while still being able to run  
under DOS.  For example, version 3 of Lotus uses a DOS extender.  OS/2 really  
isn't catching on except as a host system for database servers (with the user  
workstations still running under MS-DOS).  Unix is continuing to grow, but  
unfortunately the main factor in its increasing acceptance as a PC operating  
system is going to be the development of bit-mapped graphical user  
interfaces.  What with Windows 3.0, this is going to become a problem for  
MS-DOS as well.

I have some thoughts on how a speech program could be hooked into Windows,  
though it would probably have to be written from the ground up and be  
Windows-specific.  I'd see this as a better starting step than going straight  
to a system for Unix (where the screen reader might soon become obsolete  
because of competing standards for user interfaces) or OS/2 Presentation  
Manager.
  

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