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From: Tom.Holloway@f75.n254.z2.fidonet.org (Tom Holloway)
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Subject: speech synth
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Date: 12 Apr 91 21:17:29 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

>concentration.  I must say, I can regretably see the day when
>the good old text menu is forsaken for rodent operation, what
>say you?

That question of rodent mode operation is one that is worrying many
blind users.  I think we can assume that there are plenty of people
addressing the problem, and I know of one major manufacturer doing
some work on this.

The problem is whether screen reading software that can be used
with a mouse will ALSO require you to have OS2 as well.

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