Hi Jonathan, What are the steps and procedures for one to configure their system to use the DOS version of Typing Tutor? Please excuse my ignorance. Harry The Trust Walker I live in a gloat free zone. -----Original Message----- From: Darrell Shandrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: JFW List Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 3:14 PM Subject: Re: Typing tutor program >Hi, > >As an access technology trainer, I took a look at the pkw typing tutor >program. I examined it from the perspective of a blind person who is new >to computers, is in need to typing practice and obtaining good typing >skills, and knows nothing about screen readers. For such a person, this >program is completely nonfunctional. I'm sure it is quite useful to the >sighted right out of the box, as are most other Windows applications. My >verdict is that older, DOS based, typing tutor programs are better for the >blind, as they often have sufficient automatic speech output through the >bios so that the student does not have to be a screen reader master to use >the program. > >My advice is to get the system configured so that you can reliably run a >DOS screen reader in a full screen DOS window, then use a DOS based speech >freindly typing program like the one from APH. > >Regards. > >On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Paul J. Traynor wrote: > >> >> Hi David, >> >> What about the one at the following url and I believe it's frreeware. >> >> ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/edu/kpw201.zip >> >> REgards, >> >> Paul. >> >> > From: David Edick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 4:00 PM >> > Subject: Re: [Re: Need Speaking Typing Tutor - Howdid you learn to type?] >> > >> > >> > >If there is one one outhere, I could use one. I am in a compuer >> > class that >> > >requires timed tests. JFW does not read the program that we have. >> > > >> >> - >> Visit the jfw ml web page: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw >> > >- >Visit the jfw ml web page: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw > - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw
