Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!olivea!oliveb!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89!Carla.Campbell From: Carla.Campbell@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Carla Campbell) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: qedid Message-ID: <18514@bunker.isc-br.com> Date: 4 Apr 91 19:59:39 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.isc-br.com Reply-To: Carla.Campbell@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/89 - BlinkLink, Pittsburgh PA Lines: 40 Approved: wtm@bunker.hcap.fidonet.org Index Number: 14640 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] another neat thing about Qedit is that there is also a version of it designed especially for use with speech synthesis. If you purchase the software (something I strongly recommend: their phone support is excellent, and it's really only fair, after all, if you use it anything like as much as I do.) you can ask them to send you the "blind" version as well as your registered copy. It is supposedly a "Beta" version, but I really have not found any bugs in it-- at least none which do not relate to its speech functionality. It writes the prompts through BIOS and places them in a consistant place on the screen. I used the standard version of Qedit for many months, but when I registered, I requested they send me the Beta version as well. They did, and I now use it all the time. When you type the command to save a marked block to a file, the prompt "file to write" is spoken-- no need to monitor, read current line, or a window or whatever to be sure you got that key pressed! Same for search and replace and the other prompts. The only complaint I have about it is the way it repeats the words you input at these prompts with each new character. (it obviously re-writes the line with each additional character). I have mentioned that and do not know if they plan to do anything about it. But I can live with that for the automatic feedback. For all I know a nice little silent window would take care of that. I'm just too lazy to have tried it so far. Anyway-- that's just my plug urging you all to support a company which is willing to modify their program to make it more speech friendly-- whether you prefer the modified version or the standard one. I, for one, am glad to know that there's a company out there producing good non-adaptive software who _is_ aware of the needs of the blind user! --Carla ... Read what I mean, not what I write! -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!89!Carla.Campbell Internet: Carla.Campbell@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org