Re: [orca-list] could this be modded?

[Josh k <joshknnd1982 gmail com>]

its been around for 2 or 3 years but I just figured out how to get it 
working today.

On 12/22/2014 12:05 PM, B. Henry wrote:
> Windows 3.1, give me a break!
> I wasn't interested in running that when it was the only windows in town...
> As for the screenreaders in question, ASAP was, and I reckon still is a very good DOS screenreader. I became 
> very conflicted after grabbing one of their
> demos, full featured only a short announcement every 15 minutes to remind you where you could buy, and that 
> did not interupt important goings on. I'd
> already spent $400 on Vocal-eyes, which was also very good I must say, but I found myself using ASAP more and 
> had no more money to spend.
> I moved away from internet access after a few months, and sadly someone lost all my floppies and the other 
> remnants of my DOS daze instead of safely
> storing the stuff for me.
> I wonder why the py.serial and com0com stuff still relies on python2.6, if much of anybody really cared you'd 
> think they'd at least have gotten this
> working with 2.7; or is this a really old post you found somewhere?
> What's the deal with vmware 4.0 also, 5 was fine on Linux as I recalled, does it not give good accessibility 
> on that microsoft OS?
> I don't even know what a virtual bns server is.
>   Never mind, fake blind-ghetto-ware!...lol
> Sounds like it's mostly a question of finding the Linux answer to com0com and see about py-serial as well.
> So, I guess the answer is, code and you shall receive, and actually this may just be a case of doing a bit of 
> research and configuration.
> It's OT for here, so please do not shoot me for replying folks.

On 12/22/2014 12:05 PM, B. Henry wrote:
> Windows 3.1, give me a break!
> I wasn't interested in running that when it was the only windows in town...
> As for the screenreaders in question, ASAP was, and I reckon still is a very good DOS screenreader. I became 
> very conflicted after grabbing one of their
> demos, full featured only a short announcement every 15 minutes to remind you where you could buy, and that 
> did not interupt important goings on. I'd
> already spent $400 on Vocal-eyes, which was also very good I must say, but I found myself using ASAP more and 
> had no more money to spend.
> I moved away from internet access after a few months, and sadly someone lost all my floppies and the other 
> remnants of my DOS daze instead of safely
> storing the stuff for me.
> I wonder why the py.serial and com0com stuff still relies on python2.6, if much of anybody really cared you'd 
> think they'd at least have gotten this
> working with 2.7; or is this a really old post you found somewhere?
> What's the deal with vmware 4.0 also, 5 was fine on Linux as I recalled, does it not give good accessibility 
> on that microsoft OS?
> I don't even know what a virtual bns server is.
>   Never mind, fake blind-ghetto-ware!...lol
> Sounds like it's mostly a question of finding the Linux answer to com0com and see about py-serial as well.
> So, I guess the answer is, code and you shall receive, and actually this may just be a case of doing a bit of 
> research and configuration.
> It's OT for here, so please do not shoot me for replying folks.