Hi, Kimberly.
The product from Synthavoice was called Window Bridge and I believe the
individual who owned the company was David Costician. It is regrettable that
his death also meant the death of the screen reader. I have never used it but I
gather it had features which made it unique. I know there was at least one
attempt to try and acquire the software to keep it going but this, obviously,
never happened. I have a good friend who used it as her primary screen reader
until the company discontinued operations and has now switched to JAWS.
David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist
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On 12/1/2018 2:03 PM, Kimberly Gardner wrote:
I’ve heard of it but never used it. I started out back in the 80’s with
something called pc voice. It came on a 5-1/2 floppy and you had to leave the
disk in the drive while you worked. And the voice was terrible! Then in the
90’s I used a product from a Canadian company called Syntha-voice though I
can’t recall the name of the software. It was a good piece of software. But the
guy who owned the company passed away and after that there was no more
development. Then in the late 90’s I started with Jaws and haven’t changed
since.
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Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Curious Regarding People's Impressions of the
Dolphin Supernova Screen Reader
I'm aware that Dolphin's Supernova screen reader has been around, probably for
as long as JAWS. I occasionally hear about product upgrades and I have sometimes
perused their list of newly added features but I have so far never met anybody
who has either used it or who has admitted trying the demo. I'm just wondering
how it compares to JAWS: what it does well or even better and what features it
may be lacking. I'm not interested in switching screen readers but was just
curious.
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