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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

TALX screen reader for the Nokia 9110 smartphone. Contribute to mgroeber9110/talx9110 development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Drew Mochak
Drew Mochak
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The LG “screenreader” for webOS is just prerecorded TTS prompts AFAIK.
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Mikołaj Hołysz
Mikołaj Hołysz
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@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?

@Drew Mochak
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Hamish Mackenzie
Hamish Mackenzie
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@jcsteh Wow, good memories :-) that communicator was the first thing I ever bought on eBay and I spent the entire week crapping myself thinking I've been ripped off to the tune of many many dollars :-)
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