Re: Article on Screen Reader History (including NVDA)
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JM Casey
Yeah. The Echo was for the Apple II line, and was introduced in the late
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70s. You had to copy the software to drive the synth/screen-reader onto every disk you wanted to talk, or else switch the disks once the speech was loaded -- not a lot of room in memory on the Apple II E once the speech was loaded, either. Only 128k with an extension card (64k without!).
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Tony Ballou Sent: July 15, 2022 12:42 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Article on Screen Reader History (including NVDA) Hi, Also there were In the early to mid-80's, the Echo, and echo2-plus I believe if memory serves me correct, and Artic's Business Vision. And dating back to the first computer and screen reader access that I experienced which was while I was a student at the Community College of Philadelphia, 1984's Information through Speech systems which were designed and produced by Maryland Computer service. They've come so far from those days, and there's more than enough history for a book. Tony -----Original Message----- From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Howard Traxler Sent: Friday, July 15, 2022 12:07 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Article on Screen Reader History (including NVDA) Yes, there was: TexTalker by Street Screen Talk, Vocal-Eyes, and Window-Eyes by GW Windows Bridge Vert and Vert Pro ProTalk ISOSS Flipper ASAP ASAW Artic Tiny Talk VOS (Verbal Operating System) And, probably, many more. And each of them probably have a background story. To do a proper history, one could write a book; not just an article. Howard On 7/15/2022 10:02 AM, Chris Smart wrote: I still miss ASAP and my Accent PC card. LOLscreen readers and their developers.
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