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Screen readers
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Here is where all kinds of screen readers can be discussed, regardless of operating system or platform, desktop or mobile. JAWS for DOS, JAWS for Windows up to version 12, Window-Eyes, System Access, NVDA, Mobile Speak, etc.
Windows
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A reference to Windows 95, this forum is for all versions of Windows 9x, including Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows ME.
For any release of Windows NT from Windows NT 3.1 up to Windows 7.
Mac
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For MacOS 7 to MacOS X Mountain Lion related discussions.
IBM
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All about the highly underrated OS/2 operating System from IBM.
Hardware
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Discuss the DECTalk hardware speech synthesizer and/or any other hardware speech synthesizer.
Named after the Humanware Braillenote mPower, this forum covers the Braillenote and other note takers for the blind made before 2011.
For the Freedom Scientific PAC Mate or any other PDA/pocket PC for the blind.
For any other type of vintage hardware. It doesn't have to be blindness specific.
Software
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This board is specifically for software implementations of the DECTalk speech synthesizer, such as Access32, DECTalk Speak Window, etc.
Discuss any retro office suite or standalone software, including Microsoft Office versions up to Office 2013.
Chat about the Windows Live software suite. This includes Mail, Moviemaker, Messenger and Writer. Only Windows Live Essentials 2009, 2009 and 2011 discussions are allowed here.
IM clients, IM clients, and more IM clients! ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger versions 1.0 through 7.5, and more!
Any other type of computer software. Office suites, antivirus, speech synths, you name it.
Apple
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For any desktop hardware released by Apple, including the Apple II, which was released way back in 1977, a little over a year after the Apple I.
For Apple's mobile hardware and software; iPhone OS 3 through iOS 9, including jailbreaking/tweaking.
Other stuff
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A play on the name of Microsoft's Hyper-V virtual machine software, this forum is all about virtualization. Hypervisors, video game console emullators, they all go here.
For anything that doesn't fit in the other forums on this site.
For any old school tech related tutorials, articles, or how-to guides you may want to write.
Submit your feedback/suggestions about this site here.
news and announcements about the BVTC site go here. Only admins are allowed to post in this forum.