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In article <842468517snx@trmphrst.demon.co.uk>
   cppnews@trmphrst.demon.co.uk (Nikki Locke - Cppnews newsreader support) writes:
>I have recently been having a long conversation with Steve Nutt, who uses
>cppnews with a screen-reading speech program. He is very enthusiastic
>about the program, but has pointed out a few drawbacks in the way the
>screen is updated, which sometimes foxes his speech program.

  Hello All, I'm here!

>I am now considering putting a lot of effort into cppnews to make it more
>"speech friendly".

  I think considering is a little modest, I think you already _have_ put
  in a lot of effort.  Thank you for that.

>I now discover that there are at least two blind cppnews users, and I
>wonder if there are any more out there?
>
>If there are, I would like to involve you all in our discussions of the
>best way to improve cppnews for blind users.

  Once again, here here!

>As this is, in theory, a public newsgroup (judging by the number of spams
>we get in here :-), I would also welcome contributions from any _potential_
>users as well. If you know someone who isn't a cppnews user, but might
>want to be if it was more speech friendly, please ask them to join in.

  I have one or two ideas of other people who may want to join in.  I
  will ask them first and if anything comes of it, I'll try and get them
  to join in as well.

  Regarding our last conversation we had by mail, yes, I believe reading
  out (or writing to BIOS) all the options then the currently selected
  item is a good idea, but only once.  I.e., when you move to the next
  item, just send the current option through BIOS if possible.  Hope
  this helps.

  Thanks for a great program.  By the way, I'll try to
  get my wife Angie involved here too, as she uses CPPNews and is also
  blind, so she relies on the same speech system as I do.  Also,
  following your request for blind people to get involved, may I also
  put in a request for blind people particularly who use different
  screen readers to the one I use.  I use Vocal-Eyes by GW Micro, so if
  any blind people out there use HAL, Flipper, JAWS or any screen
  reader, do come in and hopefully, tell us how well these versions work
  with these particular speech packages.

  All the best
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