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- KANSYS, INC.
- YOUR SOUND ALTERNATIVE
- 1016 Ohio Street
- Lawrence, KS 66044
- Telephone: (913) 843-0351
-
- PROVOX Version 3.03
-
- PROVOX is a full-featured screen review program which runs
- on any IBM or true Compatible computer. It requires less than
- 29K of your computer's memory, which makes it one of the smallest
- full-featured screen-review programs available. The software
- supports a variety of speech synthesizers including the Artic
- SynPhonix 200/210/215--(running SONIX-2), Votrax Votalker IB and
- PSS; Audapter, Echo GP/PC as well as the line of internal Echo
- boards for IBM and compatible computers, the Accent line from
- Aicom, SpeakEasy System and the Braille n' Speak. Moreover, you
- can switch among any of these synthesizers at any time. Please
- inquire about the support of additional synthesizers, such as the
- DEC-Talk, which is coming soon.
-
- All PROVOX commands begin with one press of the slash key,
- which eliminates conflicts in the use of keys for other purposes.
- If you need to enter a true slash, you simply press the key
- twice. PROVOX has a direct mode and a review mode; however, there
- are so many convenient features available in direct mode that you
- may rarely need to use review mode. Thanks to its ingenious
- design, PROVOX is adept at tracking the system cursor in
- difficult situations including Local Area and Wide Area Networks
- and on IBM and other mainframes.
-
- Even in direct mode, PROVOX lets you review the screen,
- including the letter, word, or line containing the cursor, the
- entire screen, or any rectangular section of it, called a
- subscreen or a window. Some subscreens are permanently defined,
- and you may define others to meet specific needs. The permanent
- subscreens and ten of your own definitions are always available
- in direct mode with a single keystroke. Ten user-defined
- subscreens form a screen bank. You may switch among ten screen
- banks with a two keystroke PROVOX command. In addition to
- reading pre-defined portions of the screen, sub-screens can also
- filter your data for the presence or absence of one of eight
- basic screen colors, or any video attribute. This filtering can
- be done with foreground and/or background colors and attributes.
- All ten screen banks (i.e., 100 subscreen definitions) together
- with other PROVOX parameters may be saved to and loaded from a
- config file. A utility program allows the automatic loading of
- any Config File and Screen Bank from within a batch file. The
- screen can be searched forward or backward for a string of up to
- 9 characters. A new feature, called Auto Alert, allows you to
- monitor any pre-defined portion of the screen. PROVOX will
- notify you when a change has been made to that area. It will
- either read you the new information automatically, beep when a
- change is made, or both. Another new feature called "Auto
- Ignore" allows you to specify any portion of the screen to be
- excluded from speech output. Further, it is possible to make
- PROVOX interrupt ongoing speech with any keystroke, a feature
- that fast typists and those persons who are familiar with their
- software will appreciate. Finally, two utility programs, "QUIET"
- and "SPEAK" make it possible to easily remove and restore PROVOX
- without rebooting your computer.
-
- The PROVOX program is available in a Demo Version which runs
- for 30 minutes at a time, then ceases to speak. Both the demo
- and permanent packages come with a disk-based tutorial. This
- tutorial will allow you to explore your PC's keyboard safely,
- learn PROVOX and test yourself along the way. Further, in the
- demo version, the half hour time limit is suspended when you are
- using the tutor program.
-
- TURBO BRAILLE (TBRL)
-
- Turbo Braille is a computer program which makes it possible for anyone to produce
- formatted Grade 2 English braille whether they know about braille
- or not. It does this because it accepts word processor files
- used by WordPerfect 4.2 or 5.0, Wordstar Professional Version 4.0
- and 5.x or standard ASCII text files formatted for printing. The
- program allows the user to go directly from any supported file
- type to a braille document. Turbo Braille will run on any MS/DOS
- computer.
-
- Users of Turbo Braille can generate Grade II, Grade I, or
- computer braille files. For more precise formatting and
- editing, "BIF" files (Braille Intermediate Files) can be
- generated. "BIF" files contain the original text interspersed
- with simple "dot commands" that control the formatting of the
- braille page. Even without this feature, Turbo Braille does
- automatic centering, paragraphing, page numbering, and creates
- italics to reflect print enhancements such as boldface or
- underlined text. Special commands in Turbo Braille permit
- switching among grades of braille in mid-sentence, or even in
- mid-word if desired. Print and braille page numbers are also
- supported. The rules employed by the program are stored in a
- separate text file and are read into the program when it
- executes. Thus, the rules are user modifiable.
-
- TURBO BRAILLE offers speed, flexibility, compatibility with
- your word processor or editor, reliability and ease-of-use, all
- for a reasonable cost.
-
- NAMES
-
- "NAMES" is an easy-to-use program which will allow you to
- keep track of names, addresses, phone numbers and identifying
- information called "Tags" on everyone you know. It will run on
- any IBM or compatible computer and will work with your favorite
- screen review program and speech synthesizer. "NAMES" is
- designed to be equally usable by blind and sighted computer
- users. It sports an attractive and efficient screen layout while
- presenting line-oriented information through normal DOS channels,
- to ensure compatibility with screen review programs.
-
- "NAMES" can display information to your computer's screen or
- print out address information onto a variety of label sizes or
- individual envelopes. Each entry is defined by a unique Key of
- any length. Keys are used for sorting data. All fields,
- including Name, two address lines, city, state, zip, home and
- work phone numbers and an unlimited number of Tags, are pre-
- defined, so all you have to do is start entering data. The size
- of your lists is only limited by the size of your computer's
- memory. We have successfully used the program with lists of 1000
- entries or more.
-
- The program also permits you to load and save multiple
- lists, mark or unmark entries and retrieve entries by Tags or
- Keys. We think that you'll find "NAMES" to be all the list
- management software you'll ever need.
-
- SHAREWARE PROGRAMS
-
- Kansys, Inc., distributes two shareware programs, RALPH THE
- READER and WATCHDOG. RALPH will allow you to easily read any
- WordPerfect, Wordstar or ASCII file. You can search the file
- forward or backward for any character string or immediately jump
- to any point within the file. The program is designed to work
- well with all screen review programs. WATCHDOG is a utility
- which provides you with auditory feedback when activity occurs to
- your computer's screen. It can also monitor any LPT or COM port
- or any software interrupt.
-
- Both programs are available on a variety of local
- bulletinboards and information services including Compuserve and
- GENIE. The programs are shareware and you are encouraged to copy
- them for your friends or to upload them to your local
- bulletinboards.
-
- ORDERING INFORMATION
-
- All Kansys, Inc., programs are available on 3.5 and 5.25
- inch disks and come with braille, print and disk manuals.
- Cassette manuals are available upon request. Kansys, Inc,. now
- accepts Visa and Mastercard. You can contact us at:
- Kansys, Inc.
- 1016 Ohio Street
- Lawrence, KS 66044
- (913) 843-0351
- Or send the Kansys, Inc., staff electronic mail:
- CompuServe: 72157,3547
- GENIE: d.andrews
- BIX: davidandrews
-
- PROVOX Demo Version FREE
- PROVOX Demo Version (with braille manual) $25.00
- PROVOX Permanent Package $295.00
- Artic Technologies SynPhonix 210 Speech Synthesizer
- $395.00
- Votrax Personal Speech System, (speech synthesizer) $449.00
- Amiga SpeakEasy System, (speech synthesizer) $995.00
- Audapter , (speech synthesizer) $1095.00
- TURBO BRAILLE (braille translator) $249.00
- NAMES (name and address management software) $79.00
- RALPH THE READER (file reading program) $10.00--shareware
- WATCHDOG (screen monitoring utility) $10.00--shareware
-
- Payment must accompany your order. Residents of Kansas add 4.75%
- sales tax to the prices shown above.