mastodon 4.7.2+glitchI am totally blind, and I am interested in archiving rare software such as old screen readers and speech synthesizers. I am also an audio and mythology nerd.
Apparently today can't be found, as it is April 4th. Yesterday was a forbidden day, and the day before that required payment.
For anyone interested in older assistive technology (namely screen readers and speech synthesizers) I am now hosting a mirror of the Vintage Access Git repository on my website. The original can be found at https://github.com/nstockton/vintage-access, and the mirror is at https://datajake.braillescreen.net/vintage-access.
I just uploaded the PulseData BrailleCompanion manual and Peter Scialli's Windows 95: Removing the Screen Tutorial.
https://datajake.braillescreen.net/ManualAndTutorialTapes/BrailleCompanionManual
https://datajake.braillescreen.net/ManualAndTutorialTapes/Windows95RemovingTheScreen
Apparently if you use NVDA and happen to own a cat, your cat now has the ability to solve math equations, as long as your NVDA is up to date.
Translation for those who didn't catch on: NVDA 2026.1 uses MathCAT for interacting with math content.
For me, writing documentation is one of the hardest tasks when getting a project ready for it's initial release. This is especially true for something that most likely will only get used by other nerds with too much time on their hands.
Version 3.0 of the Aureal a3D SDK includes a weird audio file named Scooter.mp3. I found the SDK in the following GitHub repository: https://github.com/oxiKKK/A3d-SDKs.
I was today years old when I discovered Windows Media Player on Windows CE plays MP2 audio streams at reduced quality. For 44100 Hz, the output is 11025 Hz, and for 48000 Hz, the output is 12000 Hz. In all cases, the bit depth is reduced to 8, and the number of channels is the same as the original stream.
I am thinking about developing a new DECtalk speak window application. I already have a name for it, DTPad. I have my own ideas, but I am curious as to what functions you would like to see in a perspective modern DECtalk speak window.