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    From Ascii Express@VERT to All on Mon Jan 3 22:14:53 2022
    Hi. I use a screen reader for the blind, as will some of my users. I wondered if I could disable the lightbar style yes/no prompts, and revert to a standard prompt. Thanks.
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Ascii Express on Mon Jan 3 23:19:46 2022
    Re: Standard Yes/no Prompts
    By: Ascii Express to All on Mon Jan 03 2022 10:14 pm

    Hi. I use a screen reader for the blind, as will some of my users. I wondered if I could disable the lightbar style yes/no prompts, and revert to a standard prompt. Thanks.

    Yup, just change the strings for YesNoQuestion and NoYesQuestion in your ctrl/text.dat file to just "%s ? " (or something similar).
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Ascii Express on Tue Jan 4 13:35:45 2022
    Re: Standard Yes/no Prompts
    By: Ascii Express to All on Mon Jan 03 2022 10:14 pm

    Hi. I use a screen reader for the blind, as will some of my users. I wondered if I could disable the lightbar style yes/no prompts, and revert to a standard prompt. Thanks.


    well you could code it to say type y for yes or n for no.

    i have a crude menu system for the blind, btw. let me know if you want it.
    I had a user who was blind and he was able to get around.
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  • From Ascii Express@VERT to Digital Man on Tue Jan 4 22:35:11 2022
    Re: Standard Yes/no Prompts
    By: Digital Man to Ascii Express on Mon Jan 03 2022 11:19 pm

    Yup, just change the strings for YesNoQuestion and NoYesQuestion in your ctrl/text.dat file to just "%s ? " (or something similar).
    Thanks! I look forward to customizing Synchronet.
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  • From Ascii Express@VERT to MRO on Tue Jan 4 22:37:40 2022
    Re: Standard Yes/no Prompts
    By: MRO to Ascii Express on Tue Jan 04 2022 01:35 pm

    well you could code it to say type y for yes or n for no.

    i have a crude menu system for the blind, btw. let me know if you want it.
    I had a user who was blind and he was able to get around.
    Cool. Send me your BBS's info. I'll play with the yes/no prompts tonight. I think I may also try my hand at writing a command shell. Sort of a room-based thing.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Ascii Express on Wed Jan 5 08:46:44 2022
    Re: Standard Yes/no Prompts
    By: Ascii Express to MRO on Tue Jan 04 2022 10:37 pm

    Re: Standard Yes/no Prompts
    By: MRO to Ascii Express on Tue Jan 04 2022 01:35 pm

    well you could code it to say type y for yes or n for no.

    i have a crude menu system for the blind, btw. let me know if you want it.
    I had a user who was blind and he was able to get around.
    Cool. Send me your BBS's info. I'll play with the yes/no prompts tonight. I think I may also try my hand at writing a command shell. Sort of a room-based thing.

    look on vert and see if i uploaded it.
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