[Blindapple] Talking Writer

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,

     The only version I am familiar with did have the voice control option 
as 6, and 7 was exit. I think we had a copy of it by early to mid 1988, and 
when I went to Summer school, it was all over the place at the Texas School 
for the Blind.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Baechler" <tony at baechler.net>
To: "Blind Apple Discussions" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:01 AM
Subject: [Blindapple] Talking Writer


> Hi all,
>
> I apologize for the late reply on this thread.  If this has already been
> addressed, please disregard.
>
> What version(s) of Talking Writer do you have?  I know of at least three
> different, distinct major versions.  Unfortunately, all have the 1984
> date.  I have a very old version (probably the first) which does nothing
> to fix mispronounced words.  The best example is "minute."  With the
> Echo, it comes out "my-nute."  The second major version I've used fixes
> that as well as several other things, such as using the correct form of
> "read" on the main menu when pressing "R" to read from disk.  The third
> major version was not mine so I don't remember much about it, but I
> think it had the voice controls mentioned below.  The two that I had
> only had six items on the menu.  From memory, they are:
>
> Talking disk
> 1. Talking Writer
> 2. Typing Game
> 3. Dragon Maze
> 4. Space Invaders
> 5. Music Game
> 6. Exit
>
> If anyone can pinpoint exact dates and releases, I would be very
> interested.  I also have Talking Riddles from the same company, Cross
> Educational Software.  Unfortunately, my disks are in storage, probably
> permanently.  It would be next to impossible for me to get at them and
> my drives are bad anyway.
>
> On 1/20/2010 9:29 AM, Louis Bryant wrote:
>> Hi. I do have Talking writer with Talking Writer, Dragon Maze, Space
>> Invaders, Music Game, Voice Control, ETC. I can mail you a copy, unless 
>> you
>> have the time to show me what exactly I need to do to make disk images. 
>> HTH.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jayson Smith"<ratguy at insightbb.com>
>> To: "Apple Discussions"<blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:26 AM
>> Subject: [Blindapple] Anyone still here? And a few software requests
>>
>>
>>
>>> I know this is a silly question for the moderator of a list to ask, but 
>>> is
>>> anyone actually still here who's interested in Apple II stuff? I'm 
>>> looking
>>> for a few software titles, and wondering if anyone has them. First is 
>>> the
>>> talking disk that says "Talking Disk" and has Talking Writer, Typing 
>>> Game,
>>> Dragon Maze, Space Invaders, Music Game, and Voice Control. I used to 
>>> have
>>> a
>>> copy, but not any more. Also, does anyone have Type Talk by Lorin
>>> Software?
>>> I have a copy, but it has a bad sector. This program is copy protected,
>>> but
>>> there's a way to get around that for copying and/or imaging purposes. 
>>> Are
>>> there any collections you know of, where I can find disk images of 
>>> talking
>>> software, other than what I've published?
>>> Thanks.
>>> Jayson
>>>
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