RE: Your first screen reader!
- From: "Rose Combs" <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 19:14:07 -0700
My first screen reader was K-Talker on a K-pro computer using CPM, and an
external echo synth. The word processor was WordStar and I mostly did
access with that computer using the Optacon.
My first DOS screen reader was VideoVoice with the Echo, then Soft Vert and
finally ASAP. I started Windows with ASAW but when it did not offer much in
Word support I moved to Jaws in the fall of 1998. Since then it has been
mostly Jaws with some use of Samobile for some tasks and a couple of demos
of Window Eyes. Even after ten years I occasionally forget and use n ASAP
command on my number keypad, happens when I am really tired. If you were to
ask me which one, I could not tell you but when Jaws starts doing weird
things I usually know what I did subconsciously.
Rose Combs
rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Katherine Schulz
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 6:41 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Your first screen reader!
Jaws 2.0 with Windows ME on a Dell in 2001. And that Dell never crashed
like this E3100 does.
Katherine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben J. Bloomgren" <ben.j.bloomgren@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 6:09 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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