- there could be a front-end that:
    - OCRs the text (or otherwise figures out exactly what's displayed at any time), and presents it
      in a format that's much easier for any tool (eg. AutoHotkey) to trigger off of

    - adds a background color to each line of text, based on what herb bushes will grow there

            - perl's OCR::PerfectCR (on Windows or DOS version)
            - NHSound is a TSR that constantly peeks at the MDA text screen buffer
                        great reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120565
            - recompile DOSBox with the text-buffer-hacking built-in
            - AdomBot comes with source-code for poking at the Window's inards