dosgate vs Re: svlpro

[Nicolas Pitre <nico cam org>]

To use dosgate, start by making yourself a setup that works under
straight DOS.  The synthesizer question depends on the screen reader
package you want to use.

dosgate is available from http://www.cs.unibo.it/~zinie/dosgate/


On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Simon F wrote:

> where can I download a copy of this dosgate? and does it need a synthasizer
> or  does the dos screen reader handle that side of things?
> 
> simon.At 16:41 17/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Just an idea for someone with time to experiment:
> >
> >There is a package named "dosgate" available for few months already that
> >was announced on this list.  This is a DOS program intended to run within
> >dosemu that mimic in dosemu aka DOS all Linux native virtual consoles.
> >This would allow, for example, one to pick up the free JAWS for DOS
> >version and run it along with dosgate, thus having JAWS for DOS (or any
> >other good old DOS screen reader) manage the Linux console.
> >
> >dosgate was originally written because somebody wanted to use his old Alva
> >ABT240 under Linux but there isn't any documentation available for it that
> >would have led to a BRLTTY driver.  Instead, dosgate allowed for the DOS
> >TSR for the ABT240 to run under dosemu and dosgate just duplicate screen
> >content and keypresses between the DOS envirenment and Linux virtual
> >consoles transparently.
> >
> >That's something I wanted to play with for a long time, but... didn't come
> >to it yet.  Since it should work with screen readers too, maybe this is a
> >good alternative too.
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> >
> >> Hi there Ivan,
> >> 
> >> I don't know for certain, but Michael Gorse's web page seems to indicate
> >> that he's working on a console screen reader that works from a shell. You
> >> might contact him on the screen reader he's working on; I *think* he's
> >> GPL'ing it. Course, you might also check out Speakup, which of course works
> >> as kernel patches, and it is definitely GPL. I don't have Michael's Email
> >> address to hand, although I think it's mgorse wpi edu ... There's a link to
> >> his Web page at Blinux home page, if I'm not too badly mistaken.
> >> --
> >> Buddy Brannan
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