robbie@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca (G.Robert Arrabito) (06/06/91)
Index Number: 16004
[Note from Bill McGarry: See the next message]
A week or so ago some one posted on this group that a demo of the
ASAP screen-review program would shortly be available on simtel. I
haven't seen it there yet. If some one has the demo could you
either post it on this group or e-mail it to me.
Thanks in advance.
Robert Arrabito,
work address:
Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
1133 Sheppard Aveneue West
P.O. Box 2000
North York, Ontario, Canada
M3M 3B9
phone: (416) 635-2033
fax (416) 635-2104
home address:
18 Alladin Avenue
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M6L 1S5
phone: (416) 244-8195
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uunet!csri.toronto.edu!dciem!robbie or nrcaer!dciem!robbie
robbie@dretor.dciem.dnd.cawtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com (Bill McGarry) (06/06/91)
Index Number: 16005 G.Robert Arrabito (robbie@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca) writes: > A week or so ago some one posted on this group that a demo of the > ASAP screen-review program would shortly be available on simtel. I > haven't seen it there yet. If some one has the demo could you > either post it on this group or e-mail it to me. Sorry, we've been having some problems with our Internet link. I just uploaded ASAP10.ZIP to SIMTEL20 this morning so give it another day or so for it to be put into the msdos.handicap directory. This will be available on wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (192.88.110.20) and on simtel20's mirror, wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4). <msdos.handicap> ASAP10.ZIP DEMO of ASAP screen review program This description is from the ASAP documentation. Automatic Screen Access Program (ASAP), as its name indicates, gives you speech access to applications programs automatically. While there are other programs that provide speech access to applications software, ASAP is the only package available that lets the computer do the work for you. That means you don't have to be a genius or even a very patient person to start using thousands of programs with speech. Unlike other speech access software, ASAP lets you use the computer like your sighted peers; you just start the program of interest without having to configure your system for speech. Once you start ASAP, it stays in the background constantly watching the screen and notifying you about important changes that happen. You don't have to learn a bunch of screen access commands; instead, you use the application's commands, and ASAP observes the program's reactions to determine what you want to hear. There are also additional keys you can use to go back and review the screen for text that you might need to hear again. These, as you'll see shortly, are accessed, for the most part, with the numeric keypad. In addition, ASAP has a "Control Panel" where you alter the way ASAP behaves. Bill McGarry (203) 337-1518 UUCP: {oliveb, philabs, decvax, yale}!bunker!wtm INTERNET: wtm@bunker.shel.isc-br.com BITNET: l-hcap@ndsuvm1.bitnet fidonet: The Handicap News BBS (141/420) 1-203-337-1607 (300/1200/2400 baud, 24 hours) Compuserve: 73170,1064