For Windows, there's also the texthelp screenreader - demo available from
www.texthelp.com. costs UKP 30 I think. Also KeyRead from R J Cooper,
which is i think USD 99 and demo at www.rjcooper.com

People usually like to make as much use of residual eyesight as they can.
Maybe something like the BigShot Magnifier from www.aisquared.com could
be useful, too.

Unfortunately basic screenreaders can be very limited in functionality
especially when it comes to making sense of web pages.

Ian Francis


On 17 May 2002 at 9:34, Skelley, Jerry wrote:

> Also try ReadPlease 2002.  The $50 version speaks anything you can copy to
> the Windows clipboard.  The free version speaks anything you paste into
> the ReadPlease application.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: free screen reading program?
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> Hi all,
>
> Sure, tell 'em to go Linux and if they are not blind, tell 'em to use
> X-windows and Netscape and Star Office, it's just like Windows but it's
> free!
>
> Ann P.
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