Re: Your first screen reader!
- From: "ann medlar" <amedlar1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:09:12 -0400
Hi everyone,
I began computer training at Baruch College for the Visually impaired
program, New York City, with LED 120 Braille computer and printer, Linkx,
and Braille link. Not sure if they are spelled correctly. It was archaic.
It was a teletype with no full screen editing.
Then in 1982, my company purchased an IBM 3270 full screen editing talking
mainframe computer. This machine was great. It had an external num pad key
that controlled speech. While doing mainframe programming I used this
machine which was hard wired like most other programmers' dumm computers.
When I did PC dos programming I used Vert, Vert Plus with a external
synthesizer. I used an Irma Board to emulate mainframe capabilities on PC.
Then I used emulation software so I could access mainframe from home when on
call. It worked but slow.
In 1996 I used JFW for windows, used emulation software, and external
synthesizer. I also had the IBM mainframe terminal which was the best
connection for mainframe programming. Eventually I mostly programmed on PC
and company migrated to People Soft, Oracle, and mainframe was no longer
used. I think my company just used the IBM CPU as a huge server for People
Soft applications. I moved and left company.
Believe me JFW has come a long way.
Ann
Then
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Beaver" <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: Your first screen reader!
> Hi Ben,
>
> The first screen reader application I used was an old IBM 3278 green
screen
> monitor that was modified with electronics to do screen reading. It used
an
> old Votrax synthesizer which was almost as big as the monitor itself.
>
> I then moved to IBM's PCSaid screen reader.
>
> Things were much more of a challenge in those days.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben J. Bloomgren" <ben.j.bloomgren@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 7:09 PM
> Subject: Your first screen reader!
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Without getting off topic regarding Jaws, I'd be interested to know what
> > your first memories of screen readers are. Mine begin with Jaws 3.2 on
an
> > old Gateway PC back in 1997. Good oal Doubletalk PC couldn't even handle
> > the
> > Romance languages for heaven's sake!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ben
> >
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