Cleverson wrote: > I don't know how Provox compares to other DOS screen reader, but as far > as I know, it's the only open source one. Hence, I would also enjoy it > being able to speak through the ESpeak soft synth, especially because > it's the only synth capable of speaking Brazilian Portuguese that has a > DOS version. > > Hi, I think you're right. I don't know of any other open source screen readers for DOS. One thing I can say is that Provox is very small. It's rather old though and doesn't have some features of other screen readers. However, I had to use it once when I had a low memory situation and it definitely seems to take the smallest amount of RAM. I should also add that I never really took the time to learn it so perhaps I missed some key features. > Besides it, in addition to FreeDOS, there is another DOS that's free > for non commercial use. It is Enhanced DR-DOS (EDR-DOS). According to > its author, its kernel supports pre-emptive multitasking. See: > http://www.drdosprojects.de/ > > and: > http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php > Yes, but it has a few issues. First, it is not free. It's freeware but not free software. Second, I don't think it's as stable as FreeDOS. I ran OpenDOS for a while which is I think the same as DR-DOS and it worked well enough but wasn't as stable for me. Finally, FreeDOS is always being expanded and I think it will eventually have multitasking support.
