Hi.

If you don't have a particular reason for needing a Mac, such as a 
particular software package that runs on a Mac, what you are describing 
could be handled by a Windows machine running HyperTerminal and a screen 
reader such as JAWS, Window-Eyes, or HAL.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 11:53 AM 8/29/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>         I am sorry to hit the ham list with this question
>because it is thoroughly off-topic, but I hope some of you may
>be able to answer my question and you will know what I am
>asking.
>
>         Is there a mode of operation in Mac Voiceover in which
>the speech will echo new input to the screen without one's
>having to manually do anything?
>
>         I am supposed to get a new work station in my job and I
>think a Mac will be just the thing if it can do this. We will
>sometimes log in to a system and wait for messages to pop up on
>the screen when various network devices come up or go down. With
>my present setup, I have a speech synthesizer on an old P.C.
>running MSDOS and kermit and a screen reader. If you get the
>kermit terminal emulator going, the speech synthesizer will
>chatter away if new stuff comes in to the screen.
>
>         If the Mac can't do that, it will be a bit of a problem.
>If it can, then it is time to proceed. I have access to a Mac
>right now, but a read of the VoiceOver documentation didn't tell
>me anything directly. When you just bring up voiceover, it will
>let a whole screen of stuff come in and then read you the bottom
>line. That is good sometimes, but other times we want to hear
>the whole spew.
>
>Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK
>Systems Engineer
>OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group
>
>
>
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