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.