I got my first apple 2 e in 1983 and bought programs from Bill. I don't
know the exact year, but it was about that time Doug started working
part time for Bill. He was still in College as I recall. I know Doug
was greatly involved in developing small talk which I think came out in
1985.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.
On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, Lloyd Rasmussen via Talk wrote:
I don't have time to write a very long message, but here's a little of the
story.
In the early 1980s Bill Grimm formed a company, Computer Aids Corporation, to
create software for the Apple II family of computers. They teamed up with
Malcolm Holser to create a screen reader for DOS called Screen-Talk, which
was released in 1985, which I bought and used. In 1986 Screen-Talk was linked
with ProKey, a macro program, and its functionality was extended. Somewhere
in there, Doug Geoffray was hired as a programmer. In 1988 Computer Aids
released the Sounding Board, an ISA-compatible speech synthesizer that used
the SSI-263 speech chip that was common in those days. Dan Wyrick did major
work on that project. Near that time Bill Grimm died.
Dan and Doug put together a new company, GW Micro and marketed the
new-generation DOS screen reader as Vocal-Eyes.
The first Windows 3.0 screen reader was OutSpoken, released in the summer of
1992. Later came Automatic Screen Access for Windows and JAWS for Windows.
Window-Eyes 1.0 came out quite late, in late 1995. It worked with Windows 3
and 3.1, even though Windows 95 was already out and had no screen reader
support from anyone at first. Window-Eyes 2 was the first W-E version to
support Windows 95, and came out in the spring of 1997, I think.
The revision history of Window-Eyes is on the GW Micro website, going way
back; it is instructive to read it to see where we have come from.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message----- From: Drew Clark via Talk
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 3:56 AM
To: Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: history of window eyes
hi,
i am interested to find out the history of window eyes, who created it
and how it was started. is there any webpage/audio podcast that
interviews the g and the w behind gw micro?
thanks
--
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