For any enthusiasts of legacy assistive tech, it seems the first source code of the Talks Screen Reader for Nokia 9110 Communicator has been published by one of the original devs. Unbelievable to think that it all started off as a bunch of prerecorded messages supplemented by the ability to spell anything it doesn't have ready letter by letter and plugging in external synthesizers and Braille displays via the serial port:
github.com/mgroeber9110/talx91…
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GitHub - mgroeber9110/talx9110: TALX screen reader for the Nokia 9110 smartphone
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in reply to Drew Mochak • • •@drew That would explain why Netflix is completely inaccessible on those devices, then.
Though I think I remember it reading channel names, so perhaps not?