Indeed! as I said in my Podcast, I worked with them, actually I used
them at school but in those days I didn't have a speech synthesizer so
I failed my computer studies.
In 1986 I took up a traineeship with the Australian Taxation Office
and (at the time) the Apple 2/E along with such applications as
Wordtalk were some of the most accessible applications around for
blind people. I'm looking for an Echo 2/+ synthesiser for the 2/E if
anyone should have one, ether that or some other compatible synthesiser.
For those wondering about Apple 2/E specs? Well from what I remember
the processor speed was about 1.5MHZ and that's incredible! to think
we got everything done on such a low speed, just goes to show how much
better programming was in those days where every byte of memory counted.
Games? Yes, I adapted a few of those myself using Applesoft BASIC so
that they would run with speech, they looked a bit odd if you were
reading the screen because some spelling had to be changed in those
days to have the speech synthesiser announce words correctly, "sugar"
had to be changed to "shugar" for example.
On 30/01/2008, at 12:45 AM, Bruins Fan wrote:
Hi,
I just felt like posting this thought while we are on the topic of
the first apple computers.
Does anyone else remember the old apple 2E?
I had one during late elimentary school and learned to type on it.
It also had an adventure game and some other games which I played.
Oh how far we've come sinse my first computer!
Olivia
On Jan 29, 2008, at 8:08 AM, Søren Jensen wrote:
Hi Dane.
Great podcast.
I also like to hear more about how Outspoken and the first
screenreaders works on the Mac computers.
Best regards:
Søren Jensen
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Website:
http://www.coolfortheblind.dk
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To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:39 AM
Subject: Apples and Macbooks
Hi everyone!
Ok, its taken a while for Larry to put this up but my little piece on
Apple and Macbooks (along with a few additions) <smile> is up at
http://www.blindcooltech.com
if anyone would like to have a listen. This contribution may be of
particular interest to those who are thinking of purchasing a
Macbook,
and who may be interested in some of the computers that Apple is
responsible for.
Please take some time to have a look around the site, enjoy some of
the other contributions made (you'll see some familiar names there
I'm
sure) <smile> and perhaps you may consider subscribing to the Blind
Cool tech podcast in Itunes.
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Phone +613 9747 3975
Voiceover Tech Support +613 8732 9237
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Dane Trethowan
From Melton Victoria Australia
Phone +613 9747 3975
Voiceover Tech Support +613 8732 9237
Fax +613 9743 7954
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
skype: callto:grtdane12
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