Eric.Bohlman@p1.f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (Eric Bohlman) (01/08/91)
Index Number: 12664
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
Version 0.26 of Tinytalk is now available. This version adds support for the
Dectalk and the Audapter and fixes a problem in the Porttalk version. The
Echo and Accent versions should be a bit more tolerant of sloppy cabling (the
previous versions would lock up on some machines if the serial cable didn't
have some handshake lines wired). Other than that, there are no new features.
For all you newcomers, Tinytalk is a screen reader program that takes up only
16K but offers lots of advanced features like automatic pop-up window reading,
automatic configuration switching, comprehensive window monitoring and much
more. It's presently in an experimental state (i.e. I'm looking for people to
find the lurking bugs!) and is expected to go into final release early next
year. There will be both a shareware ("Tinytalk Personal"; basically the
fully-debugged equivalent of the current experimental release with a few more
features) and commercial ("Tinytalk Professional" with: add-in modules for
dictionary creation, keyboard remapping and labeling, advanced text reading
and more; predefined configurations for major applications; possible
multitasker support; and whatever else I decide to throw in) version, both at
extremely reasonable prices.
The current release supports the following synthesizers:
Echo GP/PC
Accent (all models)
Artic (using PortTalk)
anything else that uses PortTalk or has a compatible interface, including
the Soundingboard
Dectalk
ASP board from Automated Functions
Audapter
TTALK026.ZIP is available for download (first-time callers OK) and file
request (points OK) from the COPH-2 BBS (115/778, (312)286-0608) all hours
except ZMH.
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