You won't be able to use a DOS screen reader such as JAWS for DOS or
Vocal-Eyes with Eloquence. You need a hardware synthesizer for those
screen readers, probably running off a second serial or parallel
port.
73 -- Lloyd, W3IUU
On Wed, 9 May 2001 22:08:31 -0400, JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON wrote:
>Well, I have found out that this program will run under the DOS box in
>Windows-98, and i am using Eliquints with JFW 3.3, and WIn-98. I am
>wondering if I can download the DOS program, and have it on the same
>computer and use the synthesizer Eliquints through the sound card? As it
>turns out if this program runs under the DOS box in Win-98 I probably
>won't have to slow the CPU down. That was one thing i was worried
>about. I don't want to bother the serial port since this is what the
>radio connects to to connect to the computer.
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>On Wed, 9 May 2001, Louis Kim Kline wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> What are you using for a speech synthesizer with JFW? If it is a hardware
>> synthesizer, you might consider downloading JAWS for DOS. It is freeware,
>> and will probably work better than running JFW and trying to read in a DOS
>> box. If you are using a software synthesizer like DEC Access 32 or
>> Eloquence, then that won't be an option. But if you are using a software,
>> then slowing your CPU speed down (which would probably involve
>> under-clocking it) would probably defeat the software synthesizer.
>>
>> You can probably get limited use out of JFW if the software would talk with
>> other DOS screen readers, but it will probably mean doing some exploration
>> with your JAWS cursor to figure out what is going on there.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> 73, de Lou, K2LKK
>> At 07:51 PM 5/9/01 -0400, you wrote:
>> >Hi all, sorry for the cross post here but I am in need of a little bit of
>> >help. I am wondering that if I am using JFW in my MS DOS or Say-all mode
>> >if I can use Radio Service Software that uses strictly DOS? In a few
>> >weeks here I would like to start using some Motorola RSS for the XTS-3000
>> >which is a digital HT that is used on many of the new Motorola digital
>> >radio systems. I might also be using this with the Astro Spectra which is
>> >a mobile radio manufactured by Motorola. Today I was surprised to learn
>> >that the software for the XTS-3000 is actually run in a DOS box. I don't
>> >know if I will need a slower CPU, but I might need one as previous
>> >versions of Motorola software have run on slower PCS. I did try once some
>> >Motorola Software with Master Touch, and it read the menu options but when
>> >it came to interact the computer with the radio they claimed that there
>> >was too much noise on the serial bus line that the radio and the screen
>> >reader uses to interact with the computer. I am now using JFW and like I
>> >said I'm hoping that the RSS will run on a faster machine or there is a
>> >trick to slow the CPU down on whatever machine I am using, without
>> >rendering JFW useless. At any rate, any help with this would be
>> >appreciated, and thanks in advance.
Braille is the solution to the digital divide.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
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