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From: clive@druhi.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac Tools for the Blind
Message-ID: <1698@druhi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Feb-87 18:19:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 20 18:19:08 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 23-Feb-87 02:09:15 EST
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in article <1520@bunker.UUCP>, wtm@bunker.UUCP says:
> Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP
> 
> Index Number: 0063
> Written-by: Dick Gage 10/21/86
> 
> 
> The only tool I know of that may have some applicatility is
> Smoothtalker from First Byte of Ca.  It is a program that allows any text file
> to be spoken through the MAC's sound chips.  The unfortunate thing is that it
> is mouse controlled.  That may pose problems for the blind user.
> 
> The program was not designed for the blind.  It was designed to allow a user
> to hear his/her text.
> 
> The MAC is a difficult machine for the blind due to its nature of mouse
> controlled I/O.
> 
> 
> Dick Gage
> 
> 
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