First post, by TomVDJ
I'd like to kick this super old thread: TextAssist doesn't work
since I'm also trying to get VoiceAssist and Text Assist running on my DosBox.
I found this site that has a HDD folder available with a Win 3.11 installation and TextAssist + Voice Assist installed and both are working fine. So it has to be possible to get it running on DosBox:
http://batsupport.com/unsupported/dosbox/ (choose talking dosbox with windows 3.1 and text assist.exe).
I copied the "cdrive" folder and used is as C-drive in my current DosBox version, and all works fine there. I assume it has to do with the exact version of the SB16 drivers. I have an original CD with slightly older versions of drivers and applications, and TextAssist refuse to work on Win 3.11. So my best guess is that with a newer installation CD this should be possible.
Problem is finding a CD image where also Voice Assist and Text assist are included. Many CD's only have the SB16 drivers with the "classic" windows apps (wave player, midi player, mixer,...) but no Voice Assist or Text Assist...