Hey there Wally. "You have mail!" 

 * Originally in: Bluewave
 * Originally on: 07-05-05 00:06
 * Originally by: BRUCE CLARK
 * Originally to: JAMES BRADLEY

-=> Quoting James Bradley to Bruce Clark <=-

 MR> "James Bradley" bravely wrote to "All" (30 Jun
05  20:58:06)
 
 JB> Someone who is blind wants to participate in Fido. I remember someone
 JB> using a voice synthesizer to read back their mail, that was a simple
 JB> tack-on to BW. I'm sure it was at least Shareware. Can someone recall
 JB> the programs name, or better where to find it?
 
 BC> Apparently Blue Wave/DOS has a speech-friendly video mode for
 BC> this purpose:

 JB> That's what I was thinking about! 

 JB> But with the real-protected mode switch it sounds like it is less than
 JB> continual synthesis. The local fellow, I'm SURE preferred the voice
 JB> playback to his Braille dot-matrix like thingie. That too was when
 JB> 486's were all the rage.  

 JB> I might drag the person enquiring to this echo, but I suspect this
 JB> will conclude our combined expertise. ABLED is the echo she first
 JB> found me in.

 JB> Thanks Bruce!!!
 
There should also be software to send the text to the Braille 
"reader" rather then to voice synthesizer. 

Look for something called: NFBTRANS
Description: Ablefile Public Domain Braille Translation Software

Also: Hot Dots and Turbo Braille


My ex-boss is "legally" blind (extreme tunnel vision) and uses 
the voice synthesizer to read most of the on-screen text of 
web pages. 

I've never seen him use Braille though, only a strong magnifying 
glass. 


 
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