From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20] helo=mail.gmx.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17AISj-0001no-00 for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 18:50:37 -0400 Received: (qmail 4225 invoked by uid 0); 21 May 2002 22:50:06 -0000 Received: from dhcp250-10-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.10.250) by mail.gmx.net (mp004-rz3) with SMTP; 21 May 2002 22:50:06 -0000 Message-ID: <001501c20119$c5caaf00$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: Subject: Re: interesting experiment. Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 18:49:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Alex Snow" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Yeah, I like that Linux can have speach from powerup to shutdown. In winblows, You can get bootup errors, and not know what they are. When I suspect there is a problem, I don't bother get sited help. Just yank out the plug, curs a few times, and try again. It's winblows, What can you expect! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 6:41 PM Subject: Re: interesting experiment. > A well-known trick to get old DOS screen readers to work in a DOS console > under Windows 9X is to add "switches=/c" to your config.sys and of course, > reboot. I've never seen that switch documented by Microsoft, but I've > seen it mentioned in several DOS games that came out after Windows 95. I > even remember reading a press release for ASAP bragging that you wouldn't > need to use "switches=/c" with ASAP because it was so advanced. Doubt any > of those screen readers work with Win XP or 2K. However, Speakup works > with several Linux distros, and is the only screen reader to provide > speech from power up to shut down. It is free, too! Despite my previous > grumbles about it not having certain features, it's still the best free > screen reader for any platform IMHO. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >