Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx for a blind user

[David Woolley]

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> I have a standard internet access provider--Netcom--and want to use Lynx
> in DOS with a voice synth to allow my blind daughter access to the
> internet. How do Iset this up?

This is either going to be straightforward (install Lynx, install screen
reader) or virtually impossible.  I suspect the latter, given that you 
are dealing with a 32 bit networking program.

I suspect the solution where there is most experience would be to use a
netcom, rather than an ix.netcom, account, if they are still available
(i.e. a Unix shell account).

Otherwise, Windows 95 might be a better choice as Lynx will then be a
reasonably well behaved, albeit non-GUI, program.

My best choice would be to use "Unix".  I strongly suspect that there
is screen reader support for Linux, but the easiest would probably be
a two machine solution, with a DOS machine acting as a local terminal
to a Unix one.  Provided you make sure that the Lynx version has the
patches to remove the unnecessary use of floating point, a 386 SX 25
will be powerful enough, if it has a fast serial card and 4M of RAM.
If you get someone else to build the system, you will probably get away
with 30MB of disk - I could do it in much less, but it is more work.
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