My computer started to talk to me, out of the blue.

[guizot]

My computer just started talking to me, out of the blue. It says weird things which I can't understand (it speaks English, but has a bad accent). Or it will just say the name of a key when typed.

Eventually I noticed this is a feature of XP for people with bad eyes. But I can't see how it would help anyone. (It also causes crashes.)

Does anyone here use this feature?

[Kythereia]

...

OK, I have XP on my home computer, and it has never talked to me. Yet.

Are you quite certain your system's not demon-possessed? *grabs bottle of holy water and cross, looks askance*

[Amazon Floozy Goddess]

*computer screams* "Your mother writes codes in HELL!"

"Let Linux F*CK you! Let Linux F*CK you!"

[Dante]

Originally Posted by Amazon Floozy Goddess

*computer screams* "Your mother writes codes in HELL!"

"Let Linux F*CK you! Let Linux F*CK you!"

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Harmonious Discord]

The handicap accessability text reader is terrible. The magnifier program is great and is handy. I use Deskbot with MS Agents to listen to text most of the time. You can get a couple good voices. I use my video card driver magnifier because it uses less resources.

[gotpasswords]

I've mananged to hit the secret key combination to turn on that voice. It is very startling indeed, to hear a phantom voice reading off...

My documents
My computer
My network places
<wha?>
Microsoft outlook
Windows explorer
Recycle bin
<Make it stop!!>
Internet Explorer

[Johnny L.A.]

I've turned on my text reader. It uses a nice voice named 'Vicki'. To hear the text read, I highlight the text and hit shift+space.

Why not?

[GorillaMan]

Originally Posted by Johnny L.A.

I've turned on my text reader. It uses a nice voice named 'Vicki'. To hear the text read, I highlight the text and hit shift+space.

Why not?

Because 'Vicki' sounds like a tart?