MIKE ROSS wrote to James Bradley, "Voice Reader" on 07-01-05 22:28

 MR> "James Bradley" bravely wrote to "All" (30 Jun
05  20:58:06)
 MR>  --- on the heady topic of "Voice Reader"

 JB> Hello All:

 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?

 MR> IIRC the Soundblaster 16 was bundled with a text to speech reader.

Do you recall if it is a DOS executable? I just *know* we can bloat
this chore rather quickly. I would suppose the DOS program could
launch a windows program, but then could they exchange text...

The one I was thinking of, would launch from a DOS CLI, and either reside
as a TSR, or spawn when called upon.

"Anybody... Bueler?" 




... James
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