Hello. Here I found information about the special keypad. https://deskthority.net/wiki/IBM_Screen_Reader_Keypad
It still insist that it worked on DOS, but as I told you, I had never seen it running. Regards. El mié, 25 de sept de 2024, 19:16, <tsie...@softcon.com> escribió: > That particular screen reader (as far as I know), only worked on os/2. > There was no windows/dos version of that particular screen reader. > > The Dos screen readers that I personally used were: iartic Technologies > artic vision, business vision (artic vision's big brother), ASAP, jaws, and > a couple free ones, smoothtalker (or something similar), which worked with > the soundblaster soundcard, and provox, which was an opensource one. > > Obviously, some worked better than others, and this is by no means a > complete list of dos screen readers, but it gives you an idea of what's > tout there. > > > On 9/25/2024 11:54 PM, Martin Iturbide via Freedos-user wrote: > > Hello > > I'm sorry I'm going the other way here talking about screen readers under > DOS, instead of the "installing FreeDOS with a screen reader" topic. > > IBM used to have a technology for blind people that used to run on DOS and > OS/2. It was called the IBM Screen Reader. > > What is the issue here? It required some specific synthesizer cards and a > special numeric keypad. I never saw this running on OS/2 or DOS, I'm > looking forward to eventually seeing a YouTube video about this. Or even > someone trying to run this old IBM software under FreeDOS and/or vintage > hardware. > > I only have some information: > - https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=Screen_Reader/2 > - https://knowbility.org/blog/2021/a-brief-history-of-screen-readers > - https://archive.org/download/IBMScreenReader > > Regards > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 2:51 PM Lawrence Perez via Freedos-user < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I'm reaching out to seek advice regarding FreeDOS and its accessibility, >> particularly for blind users like myself who rely on a screen reader. >> >> I’m using the Orca screen reader on Raspberry Pi OS, and I also have >> access to a Mac with the VoiceOver screen reader. I’m interested in >> experimenting with DOS and retro technology, including playing older >> text-based games, but I’ve encountered many accessibility challenges. >> >> I have tried to use other emulators such as DOSBox and DOSEMU. DOSBox >> doesn’t support sending output to the terminal and will send all output to >> a GUI that my screen readers can’t interact with. I’ve heard DOSEMU has >> this option, but I don’t have a Linux computer that can support it. >> >> After some experimentation, I managed to get the FreeDOS installer to >> output to the terminal using QEMU, which is currently the only method I’ve >> found that works with my screen readers. With this method, I am able to >> type DOS commands and have their output spoken by the screen reader. I'm >> running QEMU in no graphics mode to avoid opening another window and to >> redirect all output to the terminal. >> >> However, I’m encountering an issue during the installation of FreeDOS. >> DOS prompts me to partition the virtual drive and requires a restart, >> giving me a yes or no prompt. Once I type Y and the system restarts, the >> terminal displays the normal boot sequence and doesn’t respond to any >> further commands. From my research, I believe this issue is related to the >> virtual serial interface that sends output to the terminal, but I’m not >> familiar with how DOS handles this, as I am new to DOS. >> >> Since I can get the installer to work, is it possible to copy all the >> installer files to a virtual QEMU disk and make it bootable, without the >> disadvantage that the system will be read-only? How could I do this? >> Alternatively, can I use DOS as is, using only the ISO image? Finally, what >> unique text-based DOS games / software do you recommend I try when >> installation succeeds? >> >> I appreciate any insights or guidance you can offer. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Lawrence >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > > > -- > Martín Itúrbide > http://www.os2world.com > mar...@os2world.com > martiniturb...@gmail.com > Quito - Ecuador > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing > listFreedos-user@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > >
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