From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta11.charter.net ([216.33.127.80]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1JVAs2-0006GT-00 for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:26:14 -0500 Received: from aarprv04.charter.net ([10.20.200.74]) by mta11.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.03.00 201-2186-126-20070710) with ESMTP id <20080229192539.GGEV5653.mta11.charter.net@aarprv04.charter.net> for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:25:39 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.121.233]) by aarprv04.charter.net with ESMTP id <20080229192539.MNIL17353.aarprv04.charter.net@h14me.homelinux.net> for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:25:39 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m1TJPcfp009563 for ; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:25:38 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id m1TJPbCj009562 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:25:37 -0500 Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:25:37 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: More about DOS systems Message-ID: <20080229192537.GA9547@gmx.net> References: <313072.74729.qm@web65411.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <313072.74729.qm@web65411.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on h14me.homelinux.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Chzlrs: 0 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:26:15 -0000 I'm not sure how you'd get it to work with espeak under dos, as I don't think espeak supports anything other then outputting wav files under dos...you would have to modify it to use whatever facilities are provided for accessing a soundcard under dos. On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 02:08:08PM -0300, Cleverson wrote: > Hi all > > I've read the recent posts about accessibility on MS-DOS and FreeDOS > systems. > > I don't know how Provox compares to other DOS screen reader, but as far > as I know, it's the only open source one. Hence, I would also enjoy it > being able to speak through the ESpeak soft synth, especially because > it's the only synth capable of speaking Brazilian Portuguese that has a > DOS version. > > Besides it, in addition to FreeDOS, there is another DOS that's free > for non commercial use. It is Enhanced DR-DOS (EDR-DOS). According to > its author, its kernel supports pre-emptive multitasking. See: > http://www.drdosprojects.de/ > > and: > http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php > > Cheers, > Cleverson > > > Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o ?nico sem limite de espa?o para armazenamento! > http://br.mail.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Absolutely nothing should be concluded from these figures except that no conclusion can be drawn from them. -- Joseph L. Brothers, Linux/PowerPC Project)