Path: utzoo!yunexus!carr!chrise
From: chrise@carr.UUCP (Chris Eden)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Software/hardware for blind students
Keywords: sight blind
Message-ID: <615@carr.UUCP>
Date: 14 May 88 20:53:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: carr.615
Posted: Sat May 14 16:53:58 1988
References: <82@unibase.UUCP>
Reply-To: chrise@carr.UUCP (Chris Eden)
Organization: York U. Writing Center
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In article <82@unibase.UUCP> leigh@unibase.UUCP (Leigh Calnek) writes:
>I am trying to identify software/hardware alternatives for
>use with blind children in elementary and secondary schools.
>We are starting from scratch, so any comments of people and
>places that have things going would be of interest.  
>
>I realize a better group for this would be misc.handicap
>however I do not have access to this group.

We have, for some time now, been using an IBM PC with the DECtalk
speech synthesizer and SoftVert to run it.  So far, we have only
had one visually impaired student work on it (a University student)
and there have not been too many problems.  I'm not sure how such a
system would get a long with younger students, but it is not hard to
learn, and the voices are clear and easy to understand.  Anyway,
that's one possibility for you -- More will be posted if/when I find
them.