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I wish that thing were screen reader accessible. People are always saying how easy it was to use and I really wantto experience it, though I sadly can't. The on

I wish that thing were screen reader accessible. People are always saying how easy it was to use and I really wantto experience it, though I sadly can't. The only things the screen reader can see on the website are the power switch, the paperclip button, the disk number and the copyright footer.

kalleboo 8y ago
Unfortunately it's an emulator of a classic Motorola 68000 Macintosh, you would need some kind of OCR technology to make it accessible
- DonHopkins 8y ago
  Maybe it would be possible to run Berkeley System's "OutSpoken" screen reader on the Mac emulator? (Berkeley Systems also developed the famous "After Dark" screensaver with the flying toasters.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OutSpoken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OutSpoken "OutSpoken (styled outSPOKEN) was one of the first commercially available screen readers for a graphical user interface (GUI). Its notable innovations were the use of an off-screen model [1] and the mouse pointer as a review cursor. The original Macintosh version was written by Wes Boyd and Bruce Berkhalter at Berkeley Systems. OutSpoken was first released for the Macintosh in 1989, and was the only screen reader ever available for the Macintosh prior to VoiceOver. OutSpoken for Microsoft Windows was released in 1994 for Windows 3.1, and was widely recognized as one of the first truly effective screen readers for Windows.[2] OutSpoken for Windows was developed primarily by Ben Drees and Peter Korn, with user interface design by Marc Sutton and Joshua Miele." Oh rats, it looks like Outspoken is not compatible with HyperCard, unfortunately: https://books.google.nl/books?id=3KBOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=%22outspoken%22+%22hypercard%22&source=bl&ots=ttWUBWFMZD&sig=ACfU3U3JslONELCf-qQtdPUAl0lHiM0Jbg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwio6b-Bx9TgAhUR_aQKHf8xAA0Q6AEwAHoECAIQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22outspoken%22%20%22hypercard%22&f=false https://books.google.nl/books?id=3KBOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA79&lpg=PA... "The Outspoken user manual acknowledges some commercial applications with which Outspoken cannot be used because of software incompatibilities. chief among these is HyperCard, a very popular piece of Macintosh software. Additionally, however, there is a whole range of software which is inherently so visual that it would make no sense to attempt to use Outspoken -- all drawing programs, for instance." -Extraordinary Human-Computer Interaction: Interfaces for Users with Disabilities I would suggest at least listening to Bill Atkinson's description of his LSD trip that inspired HyperCard, which goes into eloquent details about what was important about HyperCard, and is quite evocative. Here's the transcript published in Mondo 2000: https://www.mondo2000.com/2018/06/18/the-inspiration-for-hypercard/ https://www.mondo2000.com/2018/06/18/the-inspiration-for-hyp... And the interview that's a transcript of: https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/247?autostart=false https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/247?autostart=f...
  - tyingq 8y ago
    https://vipercard.net https://vipercard.net maybe? It appears to be JavaScript, but it may render to a canvas, which wouldn't help much.
GrumpyNl 8y ago
Click on the disk to make it start loading.

kalleboo 8y ago

Unfortunately it's an emulator of a classic Motorola 68000 Macintosh, you would need some kind of OCR technology to make it accessible

DonHopkins 8y ago
Maybe it would be possible to run Berkeley System's "OutSpoken" screen reader on the Mac emulator? (Berkeley Systems also developed the famous "After Dark" screensaver with the flying toasters.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OutSpoken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OutSpoken "OutSpoken (styled outSPOKEN) was one of the first commercially available screen readers for a graphical user interface (GUI). Its notable innovations were the use of an off-screen model [1] and the mouse pointer as a review cursor. The original Macintosh version was written by Wes Boyd and Bruce Berkhalter at Berkeley Systems. OutSpoken was first released for the Macintosh in 1989, and was the only screen reader ever available for the Macintosh prior to VoiceOver. OutSpoken for Microsoft Windows was released in 1994 for Windows 3.1, and was widely recognized as one of the first truly effective screen readers for Windows.[2] OutSpoken for Windows was developed primarily by Ben Drees and Peter Korn, with user interface design by Marc Sutton and Joshua Miele." Oh rats, it looks like Outspoken is not compatible with HyperCard, unfortunately: https://books.google.nl/books?id=3KBOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=%22outspoken%22+%22hypercard%22&source=bl&ots=ttWUBWFMZD&sig=ACfU3U3JslONELCf-qQtdPUAl0lHiM0Jbg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwio6b-Bx9TgAhUR_aQKHf8xAA0Q6AEwAHoECAIQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22outspoken%22%20%22hypercard%22&f=false https://books.google.nl/books?id=3KBOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA79&lpg=PA... "The Outspoken user manual acknowledges some commercial applications with which Outspoken cannot be used because of software incompatibilities. chief among these is HyperCard, a very popular piece of Macintosh software. Additionally, however, there is a whole range of software which is inherently so visual that it would make no sense to attempt to use Outspoken -- all drawing programs, for instance." -Extraordinary Human-Computer Interaction: Interfaces for Users with Disabilities I would suggest at least listening to Bill Atkinson's description of his LSD trip that inspired HyperCard, which goes into eloquent details about what was important about HyperCard, and is quite evocative. Here's the transcript published in Mondo 2000: https://www.mondo2000.com/2018/06/18/the-inspiration-for-hypercard/ https://www.mondo2000.com/2018/06/18/the-inspiration-for-hyp... And the interview that's a transcript of: https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/247?autostart=false https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/247?autostart=f...
- tyingq 8y ago
  https://vipercard.net https://vipercard.net maybe? It appears to be JavaScript, but it may render to a canvas, which wouldn't help much.

GrumpyNl 8y ago

Click on the disk to make it start loading.