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> Written-by: <philabs!ihnp4!UORDBV!DAVR_IENGL> 08/29/86
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> 
> [This is the third of three articles by Harvey Lauer and
>  Leonard Mowinski.]
> 
> 
>                APPLE RESOURCES FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
> 
> 	         By Harvey Lauer and Leonard Mowinski
> 
>               Blind Rehabilitation Technology Specialists
> 
>                             September, 1985
> 
> 
>      Details about these and information about many more resources will
> be found in the two newsletters called RDC Newsletter and BAUD.  Three
> periodicals on Apple disks are listed which also discuss resources.
>      Additional, extensive Apple resource lists are available from
> Sherry Lowry, 10622 Fairlane, Houston, Texas  77024.  (713) 461-9654
>      Braille-Edit is a product of Raised Dot Computing, 408 South
> Baldwin Street, Madison, Wisconsin  53703.  (608) 257-9595.  It is a
> program system for word processing in braille, speech and large print.
> It has extensive utilities including braille translation and file
> transfer.  You can upload and download files at any speed.  RDC also has
> the Braille Training Program, Tactile Graphics Program, and Math
> Blackboard Program.  The hardware they selll includes the Echo speech
> devices, the Super Serial Card, the Cranmer Modified Perkins Brailler
> and many special connecting cables.  We recommend the RDC Newsletter for
> all who are interested in computer aids.
>      Foley's Low Vision Aids sells the following items.  Their
> manufacturers listed here also market them.  Echo Plus, Echo GP, Sweet
> Talker (including software), Braille-Edit, Braille Training Program.
> Foley's Low Vision Aids and Computer Aids are also Apple Dealers from
> whom all the hardware and most special software can be bought.  Foley's
> Low Vision Aids, 1357 East David Road, Kettering, Ohio  45429, (513)
> 294-2433
>      The Bible on disks, (called The Word Processor), Bible Research
> Systems, 8804 Wildridge Drive, Austin, Texas  78759, (512) 346-2181.
> Price:  $190.00.  This is a valuable and unique service for clergymen
> and students.  It facilitates searches and cross referencing and works
> with the Echo and Cricket speech devices.
>      Data Capture, Southeast Software, 7743 Briarwood Drive, New
> Orleans, Louisiana  70128, (504) 246-8438.  Useful terminal programs,
> some of which can be used with the Echo II, but not all features work
> with the speech.
>      Computer Aids sells Info Database, Documents Word Processor, Agenda
> appointment calendar, Talking Transend terminal program, and a
> draft-quality braille translator called Braille Talk.  Their word
> processor has been revised and improved.  It is called Word-Talk.  (See
> also the newsletter entitled Baud. and see IBM Resources.)  Mr. William
> Grimm, Computer Aids, 124 West Washington blvd., Lower Arcade, Fort
> Wayne, Indiana  46802.  (219) 422-2424
>      Speech Synthesizers: Echo II for the Apple II models and the Echo
> Cricket for the IIc.  Street Electronics, Inc., 1140 Mark Avenue,
> Carpinteria, California  93013.  (805) 684-4593.  They also make the
> Echo GP which works with computers other than Apple and other Apple
> cards.  Their talking terminal program does not save to disk but is
> unique in that it runs at any baud rate.
>      Electronic Typing Fingers, Personal Micro Computers, Inc., 475
> Ellis Street, Mountain View, California  94043, (415) 962-0220.  It
> works with the IBM braille writer to print braille.  Explained in
> another article, it requires tinkering and is seldom advisable now that
> low-cost braille printers are here.
>      Anti-Static Floor Mat, Misco, Inc., Box 399, Holmdel, New Jersey
> 07733, (201) 946-3500.  Note:  Also obtainable from computer stores.
>      Cables and plugs for RS/232 connections, Telcom Products, 7550
> Plaza Court, Willowbrook Court, Illinois  60521, (312) 887-0212.  Note:
> Cables are also available from computer stores, but Telcom sells either
> parts, standard cables, or made-to-order cables often at better prices.
>      A spell-checking program we recommend is Sensible Speller from
> Sensible Software, 210 South Woodward, Suite 229, Birmingham, Michigan
> 48011.  (313) 258-5566.  It is not as convenient to use as it should be,
> and it does not talk with the Echo; however, a version is available from
> the Cyberon Corporation which talks well with the Zero Card or the
> Print-it Card.  A version is being worked on with Echo speech in
> Pro-DOS.
>      The Adaptive Firmware card provides alternate input options for
> people with manual disabilities.  These include Morse Code and
> puff-and-sip controls.  Contact: Adaptive Peripherals, Paul Schwejda,
> 4529 Bagley Avenue North, Seattle, Washington  98103. (206) 633-2610.
>      To get output to speech or braille devices while running protected
> software, you can use the Print-it Card.  Contact: Text Print, Inc., 8
> Blanchard Road, Burlington, Massachusetts  01803.  (617) 449-5808.
> Computer stores also sell it.  See also the Cyberon Corporation.
>      Pronto DOS is a faster operating system then Apple DOS.  It works
> with speech and is available from Beagle Brothers, 4315 Sierra Vista,
> San Diego, California  92101.  (619) 296-6400.
>      Diversi-DOS is another such operating system; however, a special
> version of the Echo II speech must be used with it.  It comes from DSR,
> Inc., 5848 Crampton Court, Rockford, Illinois  61111.  (815) 877-1343.
>      We have had the Maggs-Visek program modified to work in the Apple
> under the CP/M operating system.  It works with the Microsoft card and
> perhaps others.  It will not work with the Echo boards but works well
> with external synthesizers.  Contact us at the above address.
>      Speak Up is a program to create customized high-quality speech
> using the Echo II.  It comes from Laureate Learning Systems, 1 Mill
> Street, Burlington, Vermont  04301.  (802) 862-7355.  You can put the
> speech into your programs.  They also have excellent talking software
> for young children.  Note that the customized speech cannot be used in
> existing application programs.
>      The Slot Buster Card is a new one from R.C. Systems, Inc., 121 West
> Winesap Road, Bothell, Washington  98012.(206) 771-6883 or (800)
> 227-1617.  One version has a parallel port, a serial port and a buffer.
> Of main interest to us is the version that has those ports and a speech
> synthesizer using the new SSI 263 chip.  The speech is fast and clear,
> and there are commands written for us similar to those available with
> the Echo speech.  The only exception is that screen review in Applesoft
> is not yet available but soon may be.
>      The BAUD Newsletter (see Publications) and a substantial library of
> public domain software that works with speech is available from Joe
> Giovanelli, Audio-Tech Laboratories, 1158 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, New
> York  11714.  (516) 433-0171. A talking database called Lister Talker
> is available from CiderWare, Attention:  Mike Firth, 104 north St. Mary,
> Dallas, Texas  75214.  (214) 827-7734.
>      A bank book and check writing program is called Trax Pax.  It comes
> from Howard Traxler, 6504 West Girard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin  53210..
> (414) 445-5925
>      A program to handle budgeting and check writing is Personal
> Accounting.  It comes from Kieth Creasey, 1956 Melwood Avenue,
> Louisville, Kentucky  40206.  (502) 896-0132.
>      Two talking word processors are sold by Larry Skutchan, 337 South
> Peterson, Louisville, Kentucky  40206 Work:  (502) 895-2405 Home:  (502)
> 896-1288
>      Tutorial programs to teach you programming in BASIC are sold by
> Program Design, Inc., 95 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut
> 06830.  (203) 661-8799.  Their new programs do not work with speech, but
> their old versions work with the Echo. if you can get them.  They were
> not designed for that, so you need to be experienced with the Echo II
> before using them.  You also need the workbook, so it should be tape
> recorded.
>      Several Apple manuals and the Echo II manual are available on
> VersaBraille tape from Harvey Jossem, 1432 Sunny Avenue, Eureka,
> California  95501.  (707) 442-7247; or from Olga Espinola, 763 Grafton
> Street, Apartment 2, Worcester, Massachusetts  01604.  Audio Cassette
> versions of many manuals have been made by Recordings for the Blind and
> other organizations.
>      The Echo Enhancer is a little black box with volume control and
> jacks that facilitates using the Echo II with earphones, tape recorder,
> etc.  It comes either from RDC or from Greg Mark, 207 Paisley Court,
> Kalamazoo, Michigan  49007.  (616) 344-4592.  Ciderware also has such a
> box with a different configuration.
>      A talking terminal program called Talking TermExec is available
> from Quinsept, Inc., P. O. Box 216, Lexington, Massachusetts  02173.
> (617) 641-2930.  For details and technical support, contact Henry
> Brugsch, 1645 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts.  (617)
> 391-0020.  The program is not recommended and may be discontinued for
> lack of support.
>      Quality educational software in a wide variety at levels ninth
> grade through adult which speaks with the Echo or Cricket is available
> from Sliwa Enterprizes, Inc.  SEI, 2360-J George Washington Highway,
> Yorktown, Virginia  23692.  (804) 898-8386.  Their talking Spanish
> course is also unique and well done.
>      A magazine on Apple disks is Softdisk Magazette, P. O. Box 30008,
> Shreveport, Louisiana  71130.  (318) 868-7247.  It features articles and
> programs mostly usable with the Echo II.
>      Softyme is a bimonthly magazine on Apple disks.  Many, if not most
> of its offerings are usable with the Echo II.  The price is $48 per
> year. Write Softyme, P. O. Box 299, Newport, Rhode Island 02840.
>      Apple Talk is a quarterly periodical on Apple diskette.  It is
> packed with information, programs and ads.  The price is $10 per year.
> Contact Jeff Weiss, 3015 South Tyler Street, Little Rock, Arkansas
> 72204.  (501) 666-6552.
> 
> 		       Harvey Lauer and Leonard Mowinski
> 		       Blind Center (124)
> 		       Veterans Hospitatl
> 		       Hines, Illinois 60141
> 		       (312) 343-7959
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