Re: Slotbuster software

[Sandra Warnken <warnken@mother.com>]

Dear Jay,

I put an article in our newsletter on using the GS for visually impaired
or blind users.  It uses DoubleTalk and it's set up to go online with
Proterm and Appleworks 3.  Software for the blind came from another source
that sounded like it would render text into speech, though RC systems has
software for text to speech as I recall.  I'll hunt up the article and get
the references.

Sandy

> Since they still sell the card, along with the DoubleTalk card that does the
> same thing as far as this thread is concerned, I kind of doubt that they'd have
> much incentive to release it as freeware.  RC Systems has been very friendly,
> but they still price their Apple II hardware and software at their original
> prices!   Hardly the position for someone likely to go straight to freeware,
> but perhaps they'd try the shareware route.  After all, it would get the
> software out there and it's really not any good without the hardware to make it
> work.
> 
> The postings by bobryan9@my-deja.com are interesting!  I didn't know that the
> Echo could do that from within AppleWorks.  Please tell us more!
> 
> BTW, the Echo DOES work in slot#3!  I know the manual says that it doesn't, but
> it does, beautifully, and what a great use for slot#3!
> 
> Jay Edwards
> 
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