Voice synthesizer for blind person

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1 total messages Started by Henry van Cleef Wed, 21 Jul 1993 02:05

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Author: Henry van Cleef
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1993 02:05

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I need to configure an AST 286 that I have to support a writer who has
recently lost most of her sight.  She is a touch typist but has not used
a computer system before.  

The system I have available for configuration is an 80286 with 2mb ram,
120mb. hard disk, DOS 3.3 and Xenix 286 2.2.3 installed.  Under the
circumstances, the system must be configured without windows or other
graphics and not require a mouse.  

What I would like to have is a system that will read ascii text files
and turn them into speech.  I have PC-write available as a DOS word
processor for creating ascii files.  I understand that there is hardware
and software that will do what I want being used by blind people, but
have not been able to find out what it is.

What hardware and software do I need in order to configure this system,
and where do I get it?  


Please E-mail to vancleef@netcom.com.  Thanks.
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Hank van Cleef  	     The Union Institute  History of Science
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