RE: OFF TOPIC: I Beg everyone to read! Please Read!

  • From: "jim grimsby" <jimgrims@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 09:39:59 -0800

Oh get a life really we all use such langwige at times. =20

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Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 6:41 PM
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Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC: I Beg everyone to read! Please Read!


How about we learn to ask a question more appropriately.  Lets try to be
adults here.

At 12:53 PM 11/11/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>what the fuck is this
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Beto Escobar III" <betoescobar3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "JFW List Serve" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: "W. Scott Dillman" <sdillman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 12:19 AM
>Subject: OFF TOPIC: I Beg everyone to read! Please Read!
>
>
>Hello List Serve--
>This is off topic in regards to JFW, but I feel it is **extremely**=20
>important for the blind community.  A man by the name of W. Scott =
Dillman=20
>has updated the most current version of the WinFrotzTTS2002 Interpreter =

>which was created to allow people, like us, to play text adventure =
games=20
>such as Zork I, II, III etc like what we played when we had PC's =
running=20
>under the MS DOS environment.  The version of the WinFrotzTTS2002, =
Scott=20
>picked-up and began to update, was, in it's beginnings suppose to work =
for=20
>the blind gamer, hence the TTS (Text To Speech) in it's name.=20
>Unfortunately, however, it was not to be.  We do, however, have a man =
now=20
>who decided to pick-up where the previous programmer left off, and =
believe=20
>it or not, he, W. Scott Dillman, got it to work!  Here are the links,=20
>plural, below to download the most current and updated WinFrotzTTS2002=20
>Interpreter with a second link that has over 300 public domain text=20
>adventures, coded to work specifically with this most recent
> WinFrotzTTS2002 Interpreter!  Let me continue after the links below...
>
>The Interpreter:=20
>http://www.binaryrevelations.com/talkback/WinFrotzTTS2002_setup.exe
>
>Public domain games:=20
>http://www.binaryrevelations.com/talkback/ifarchive_setup.exe
>
>Now, in all sincerity, the blind gamer does not need JAWS to play this=20
>most
>update version of the WinFrotzTTS2002 Interpreter.  The reason being is
that=20
>Scott, included in the code, Microsoft's Speech Engine which is a SAPI =
4,5=20
>application.  What does this mean?  Well, lets say we all go see our
parents=20
>over the Thanksgiving Holiday.  We do not need to take a copy of our =
JAWS
to=20
>install in mom's PC so we can amuse ourselves after dinner, but we can =
get=20
>someone to download this Interpreter, and it speaks on it's own!  We =
will=20
>not need JAWS to play.  I will let you know however, as I made mention=20
>already, that MS Speech Engine is a SAPI 4,5 Speech Engine, we can =
purchase

>the AT&T's Natural Voices to use with this game.  The aT&T's Natural =
Voices

>is a SAPI 4,5 speech engine as well.  I purchased it just for this =
program,

>and everytime I click on the WinFrotzTTS2002 Interpreter icon, the =
female=20
>U.K. voice comes on.  "Yes", Eloquence or DECTalk Express, or whatever=20
>speech engine y
> ou have running for JAWS will be on, but it will not interfere with =
the=20
>game.  I know, because I was one of the beta tester since the =
beginning.=20
>The JAWS speech engine will speak during the game selection, along with =
the

>at&T's Natural Voices, but once the game starts, it's just you and MS
speech=20
>Engine or the AT&T's Natural Voices!  Let's move on, and let me explain =
a=20
>little more about other things in this wonderful interpreter for the =
blind=20
>community...
>
>Another thing that Scott did was code the WinFrotzTTS2002 Interpreter=20
>so
>that when you play a game, and save a position, the saved game file =
resides

>in a specific folder specific to that game only.  "Yes", I am not =
joking!=20
>For Example, in my beta release, I had seven saved game files for one =
game,

>five for another, and three for another, and none of the saved game =
files=20
>for any of these games were mixed together.  That is correct, all three =

>games were saved in their specific folder!  Yeah!  Louder YEAH!!
>
>Look, there are many more updates,but you will see for yourself when=20
>you
>start playing.  The only thing I ask is that you just drop an E-mail to =

>Scott and thank him, for all he has done for the blind community!  His=20
>E-mail address is sdillman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Let him know of =
ideas
you=20
>may have to further improve what he has already done.  I believe, for=20
>example, he is working on a utility with will allow the PC user to =
import=20
>other games into the WinFrotzTTS2002 Interpreter.  If you have =
suggestions=20
>like this, send him an E-mail and let him know....
>The only thing I ask of everyone is to inform everyone else who is =
visually

>impaired to go to Scott's website, and download these two files.  Have =
fun=20
>everybody!
>Your friend from the JFW List Serve,
>Beto Escobar III, LMSW
>betoescobar3@xxxxxxxxxxx
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