This is what the author of simply-talker had to say about whether it could
crash a system.  He says that an earlier version did, because of a problem
with Active Acessibility, but that it's no longer an issue.  I don't know
if this means you need to update active accessibilty, and in general I
don't know enough about windows to have an opinion on this.  I'm just
passing it on, since $50 windows screen readers like this one certainly
deserve attention.

Len

>Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 12:21:24 -0400
>From: "Sergio M. Ammirata" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: simply talker
>To: "Leonard R. Kasday" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>Hello Leonard,
>
>>There was a note on VICLUG-L that simply talker changed a file and crashed
>>windows.  Would you tell me which file it changes?  Has this been fixed?
>
>Simply Talker does not change or hack a system file in any way. It does
>update several windows components if necessary (including Windows 95
>kernel). This is accomplished using Self Installing executables provided by
>Microsoft which are perfectly safe.
>
>In earlier versions of the program, the Microsoft Active Accessibility
>installer did not check the language of the operating system and would
>overwrite system files with US English ones which would cause some non-US
>versions of Windows 95 to crash. This is no longer an issue.
>
>Please let me know if I can be of further assistance,
>
>
>Sergio M. Ammirata
>EconoNet International, Inc.
>http://www.econointl.com/
>email: [log in to unmask]
>Voice Mail: 954-7256572
>
>
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Adjunct Professor, Electrical Engineering
Temple University

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