klarich@a.cs.okstate.edu (Terry Klarich) (09/26/88)
My name is Terry Klarich. I am a grad student at Oklahoma State
University. I have a 80386 machine which I would like to get a nix like OS up
on. However, my problem is that I am blind and have to use a voice synthesizer
to get speech output. My question is how would one make this happen. When I
use MS-DOS, I have a tsr that installs interrupt handlers on the keyboard and
screen. When a character is typed or a character appears on the screen, a copy
is sent out one of the serial ports to my synthesizer. Of corse, this program
is a little more complicated than this; but you get the general idea. The
Program also has the means of freezing the screen so I can examine it if I need
too. Here is a list of my questions.
1. What would be envolved in writing a program like this to run under Unix?
2. Would I be able to use vertual screens?
3. Would I be able to freeze the screen to examine it?
4. What serial ports would I be able to use under Unix? Here is A list of my
ports and irq lines.
com1 0x3f8 on irq 4
com2 0x2f8 on irq 3
com3 0x3e8 on irq 4
com4 0x2e8 on irq 3
5. Would this cause any problems with a cga card?
6. ({["'WHAT IS THE PRICE????'"]})!
7. Do you know anyone who has already done this?
8. Would I be able to get a "FULL" set of man pages? I can't read manuals.
My voice synthesizer acts just like a printer using xon/xoff. I would
appreciate any help anyone could offer me. I would like to also here from
venders if they are man enough to get envolved. The best way to answer this is
by email because I don't get time to read all the articles posted. If anyone
else is interested, let me know and I'll summarize.
Thanks to one and all for the help.
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Terry Klarich (klarich@a.cs.okstate.edu) n5hts
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