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From: Walter.Siren@p18.f5.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Walter Siren)
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Subject: New Screen Reader Coming
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Date: 26 Oct 90 03:25:29 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 DM> A new screen reader will soon appear from Computersmith in 
 DM> Louisville.
 DM> It's called ASAP, Automatic Speech Access  Program.  It's
 DM> said
 DM> to be completely automatic, and almost as easy to use as
 DM> Apple programs that were written specifically for the
 DM> blind.  It's been in the making for some two years, and the
 DM> guy who runs the company claims it will work for pretty
 DM> much any application.
 DM> It's designed to worked with the newly-available
 DM> Doubletalk PC synthesizer, which has unbelievable speech for
 DM> $279!  The Apple Doubletalk has been around for at least
 DM> a year now.  Well, the screen reader competion is really
 DM> heating up, eh?  Call Roger for more
 DM> info, at (502) 893-7310.  He hopes to have the
 DM> ASAP program available either by year's end, or at the
 DM> first of the year.   I certainly wish him luck.  He claims no
 DM> configuring is necessary for his program:  Just plug in the 
 DM> speech card,
 DM> boot up speech, and start playing!
 DM> Can it really be that easy?

     Well, Daveed, I wonder?  I sure would like to see such a speech program.  It is hard to understand that any speech program could work that well.  If that is the case, it will certainly modify all speech programs, or they will put the others out of business.

               Walter 
 DM> Stay tuned!
 DM> --Daveed---

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