Daveed.Mandell@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Daveed Mandell) (10/23/90)
Index Number: 11211
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
The same is true with Minnesota State Services for the
Blind and the Minneapolis Society for the Blind, according
to friends there. Doug should hit up that state, too!
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Internet: Daveed.Mandell@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.orgGrant.Downey@p0.f9.n381.z1.fidonet.org (Grant Downey) (11/02/90)
Index Number: 11477
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
I've got a suggestion for you for future releases of Vocal-Eyes. If it
wouldn't be to much trouble, why not try to include the ability for
Vocal-Eyes to read capitalized text with a raise in pitch, the word cap
before said letter, or possible a beep or tone before the letter. I
have been able to get capitalization identification when in review mode
by pitch and can set the keyboard so that I get a caps indication.
For me this had not been a problem but it came up in a demonstration I
was doing the other day where we were using the TYPE command and the
client wanted to know what letters were capitalized. Just a thought.
Keep up the good work. Grant
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Internet: Grant.Downey@p0.f9.n381.z1.fidonet.orgDoug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Doug Geoffray) (11/06/90)
Index Number: 11597
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
GD> I've got a suggestion for you for future releases of
GD> Vocal-Eyes. If it wouldn't be to much trouble, why not try to
GD> include the ability for Vocal-Eyes to read capitalized text
GD> with a raise in pitch, the word cap before said letter, or
GD> possible a beep or tone before the letter. I have been able to
GD> get capitalization identification when in review mode by pitch
GD> and can set the keyboard so that I get a caps indication. For
GD> me this had not been a problem but it came up in a
GD> demonstration I was doing the other day where we were using the
GD> TYPE command and the client wanted to know what letters were
GD> capitalized. Just a thought. Keep up the good work.
Grant,
Thanks for the advice. One of the problems we had while developing
Vocal-Eyes was what should be part of Vocal-Eyes and what should be
part of the synthesizer. For example, the Sounding Board has a
capitalization alert built into it. However, if you are using a different
synthesizer you would not have this feature. We decided at the time
not to duplicate the function in Vocal-Eyes since it was already in the
Sounding Board.
I believe at some point I will add this feature to Vocal-Eyes. But tell
me, what would you want spoken on a word such as 'McDonalds', or a
word in total captal letters?
Regards,
Doug
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Internet: Doug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.orgGrant.Downey@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Grant Downey) (11/06/90)
Index Number: 11609
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
I have had two students who are medical transcriptionists and
they prefer that the first letter of the capitalized word be
demonstrated by a raise in pitch. Example: Grant The (G) of
Grant would be shown by a higher pitch. Personally I like the
word CAP spoken when capitalization is encountered. We bought
one of the first Soundingboards that Computer aids sold but it
is on my wife's computer. Next time I demonstrate Vocal-Eyes
I'll do it with the Sounding Board. I still think though it
would be a good idea to incorporate a caps identification into
Vocal-Eyes though I can see why youthought it was duplicating
functions. Grant
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Internet: Grant.Downey@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.orgGrant.Downey@p0.f9.n381.z1.fidonet.org (Grant Downey) (12/05/90)
Index Number: 12242
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
Doug, I've got a question foryou that I think might be of interest to
all of us non-programers out here. Can you, in a message format, tell
me what goes into building a screen reading program? In other words
did you use Screentalk Pro as the basis for Vocal-Eyes? If you did,
you made some fantastic improvements. How do you go about testing a
program? For coming out withyour first version of a Screenreading
program it really was a treasurehouse and the power and flexibility
are really almost unbelievable. Just curious. Grant
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