[NFBCS] Blast from the past

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I used Flipper for a while, but my favorite screen reader was IBM's Screen
Reader.  It had its own keypad, so there were never any key conflicts, and
it was easy to set parameters and triggers, much easier than with Jaws.  It
worked great for mainframe programming.

My favorite synthesizer was the Artic Transport.  I still have it, but no
driver.  It was fast, responsive, and I like the Artic voice.
And, speaking on no driver, I have an Alva that still works fine, but Jaws
doesn't have a driver for it anymore.  Annoying.
Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow via NFBCS
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 2:03 PM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Brian Buhrow <buhrow at nfbcal.org>; 'Doug Lee' <dgl at dlee.org>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Blast from the past

	hello.  Doug mentioned Flipper in his historical journey.  I, too
started with Apple II and Street Electronics Texttalker.  I still have the
original Apple II reference manual in braille, which came complete with
tactile diagrams of memory maps and the complete 6502 assembly instruction
set, listed by pneumonic.  I read the thing from cover to cover. (many
covers for those who remember multi-volume braille books.)

	However, it was Flipper that inspired me to write this message.  Of
all the DOS based screen readers I used over the years, Flipper was the
easiest to use, ran the fastest, and provided the most information in the
most efficient fashion!  How good was it, you might ask?
For me, it was so good, that I used it well into the 2000's, retiring it
finally in 2007.
Well, partially.  I now use Mike Gorse's Yasr as my daily screen reader.
Howevr, to make it more compatible with my muscle memory, I rewrote all of
the keymaps to match the old Flipper commands, as well as rewriting some of
the punctuation nomenclature to match what Flipper used to say.  So, for
some of us, Flipper is still alive and well!

-thanks
-Brian


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