From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (qmail 8502 invoked from network); 19 Dec 1999 15:53:34 -0000 Received: from mail.redhat.com (199.183.24.239) by lists.redhat.com with SMTP; 19 Dec 1999 15:53:34 -0000 Received: from xanadu.gn.com (modemcable233.137-200-24.mtl.mc.videotron.net [24.200.137.233]) by mail.redhat.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA21570 for ; Sun, 19 Dec 1999 10:53:33 -0500 Received: from localhost (nico@localhost) by xanadu.gn.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA10982 for ; Sun, 19 Dec 1999 10:48:39 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: xanadu.gn.com: nico owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 10:48:39 -0500 (EST) From: Nicolas Pitre X-Sender: nico@xanadu.gn.com To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: dosgate vs Re: svlpro In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19991218112746.007f1340@earthlight.co.nz> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: To use dosgate, start by making yourself a setup that works under straight DOS. The synthesizer question depends on the screen reader package you want to use. dosgate is available from http://www.cs.unibo.it/~zinie/dosgate/ On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Simon F wrote: > where can I download a copy of this dosgate? and does it need a synthasizer > or does the dos screen reader handle that side of things? > > simon.At 16:41 17/12/99 -0500, you wrote: > >Just an idea for someone with time to experiment: > > > >There is a package named "dosgate" available for few months already that > >was announced on this list. This is a DOS program intended to run within > >dosemu that mimic in dosemu aka DOS all Linux native virtual consoles. > >This would allow, for example, one to pick up the free JAWS for DOS > >version and run it along with dosgate, thus having JAWS for DOS (or any > >other good old DOS screen reader) manage the Linux console. > > > >dosgate was originally written because somebody wanted to use his old Alva > >ABT240 under Linux but there isn't any documentation available for it that > >would have led to a BRLTTY driver. Instead, dosgate allowed for the DOS > >TSR for the ABT240 to run under dosemu and dosgate just duplicate screen > >content and keypresses between the DOS envirenment and Linux virtual > >consoles transparently. > > > >That's something I wanted to play with for a long time, but... didn't come > >to it yet. Since it should work with screen readers too, maybe this is a > >good alternative too. > > > > > >On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Buddy Brannan wrote: > > > >> Hi there Ivan, > >> > >> I don't know for certain, but Michael Gorse's web page seems to indicate > >> that he's working on a console screen reader that works from a shell. You > >> might contact him on the screen reader he's working on; I *think* he's > >> GPL'ing it. Course, you might also check out Speakup, which of course works > >> as kernel patches, and it is definitely GPL. I don't have Michael's Email > >> address to hand, although I think it's mgorse@wpi.edu ... There's a link to > >> his Web page at Blinux home page, if I'm not too badly mistaken. > >> -- > >> Buddy Brannan > >> Email: davros@airmail.net > >> The 1-800-Be-A-Geek people :) > >> Standard disclaimers apply.... > >> > >> --- > >> Send your message for blinux-list to blinux-list@redhat.com > >> Blinux software archive at ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux > >> Blinux web page at http://leb.net/blinux > >> To unsubscribe send mail to blinux-list-request@redhat.com > >> with subject line: unsubscribe > >> > >> > > > >--- > >Send your message for blinux-list to blinux-list@redhat.com > >Blinux software archive at ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux > >Blinux web page at http://leb.net/blinux > >To unsubscribe send mail to blinux-list-request@redhat.com > >with subject line: unsubscribe > > > > > Simon Fogarty > Dunedin, NZ. > > Hm Ph: ++64-025-849896 > Wk Ph: ++64-025-2230355 > > email: > Hm: blinky@earthlight.co.nz > Bus: fogarsa1@paradise.net.nz > > > --- > Send your message for blinux-list to blinux-list@redhat.com > Blinux software archive at ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux > Blinux web page at http://leb.net/blinux > To unsubscribe send mail to blinux-list-request@redhat.com > with subject line: unsubscribe > >