5.0411 Qs: Etexts (3/53)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 24 Oct 1991 21:09:39 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0411. Thursday, 24 Oct 1991.

(1) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 91 15:30:58 -0500 (24 lines)
From: vyc@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Alan T. McKenzie)
Subject: Russian Dictionary/ Computers and the Blind

(2) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 91 16:11+0000 (10 lines)
From: Heberlein@KU-EICHSTAETT.DBP.DE
Subject: E-text of Renaut de Beaujeu

(3) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 91 16:08:58 BST (19 lines)
From: Dan Greenstein <digger@udcf.glasgow.ac.uk>
Subject: speeches of minority civil rights in the US from 1865

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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 91 15:30:58 -0500
From: vyc@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Alan T. McKenzie)
Subject: Russian Dictionary/ Computers and the Blind

Does anyone out there know of an electronic version of a
Russian Dictionary, on line, disk, or CD-Rom? The Paperno & Leed
dictionary, supposed to be available from Exceller Software for OS/2,
is not available yet, and the "ORFO" spell-checker, available from the
same source, won't serve our purposes.

We have a blind graduate student who wants to meet her language
requirement by demonstrating proficiency in Russian, and to use the
computer to look up words. So the Dictionary will have to be port-
able to "Screen Reader," or something like it.

I would also be glad to hear from anyone who has experience with
putting the riches of the Internet at the disposal of handicapped
students. How does someone who has to "scan" by ear keep up with
E-mail? And which voicing system works best? Do any of them, in
fact, work at all?

Many thanks,
Alan McKenzie
English, Purdue

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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 91 16:11+0000
From: Heberlein@KU-EICHSTAETT.DBP.DE
Subject: E-text of Renaut de Beaujeu

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A colleague of mine desperately needs an e-text of
Renaut de Beaujeu (12th c.). Any information would be greatly
appreciated!
Fritz Heberlein

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 91 16:08:58 BST
From: Dan Greenstein <digger@udcf.glasgow.ac.uk>
Subject: speeches of minority civil rights in the US from 1865

A postgraduate student is interested in analysing the form
and content of speeches given by civil rights leaders in the
US from the post-civil war period. Particular interest in
Martin Luther King, Jr., Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X has
been expressed, and there is a possilibity of comparison
with transcripts of dissenter or evangelical sermons
or speeches, and with other political diatribes.

Any information about relevant speeches already in machine-readable
form which might be made available for the research would be
greatly appreciated.

Daniel Greenstein
Modern History Department
Glasgow University