[misc.handicap] CBFB_FORUM bosher.txt

robertj@tekgen.bv.tek.com (Robert Jaquiss) (05/13/91)

Index Number: 15536

These forum questions were provided by:

Peter Bosher
9 Rue Mansart
Paris, France  75009

Firstly I'd like to say how impressed I was by the last
'magazine'.  It was packed with interesting and useful material.
I have two questions for the forum.

Here are the questions:

(1) The reading programs supplied by CBFB, such as List and Ralph
The Reader, are excellent for ease of use and rapid access, but
when reading long files continuously, it is frustrating to have
to wait, with finger poised over the page-down key to get the
next screenful.   I have just acquired a program which solves
this problem by feeding the screen at a slow enough rate to allow
a speech program to read continuously.  If anyone would like a
copy I'd be glad to pass it on, but it doesn't have the same
advantages as List for ease of navigating within and between
files.   Does anyone know of a program combining the best of both
worlds?

(2)  Does anyone regularly use a reasonably powerful and
efficient Midi package that is speech-friendly?   If so, what?
I write from France where everyone uses Attari or Mac.