From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from beaver.sibername.com ([64.15.155.210]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I32mo-0007Pd-00 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:36:18 -0400 Received: from [24.226.66.143] (helo=tenstac) by beaver.sibername.com with smtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1I32mH-0003Xa-LV for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:35:45 -0400 Message-ID: <00af01c7b7b4$12296ed0$ab00a8c0@tenstac> From: "Doug Sutherland" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20070625031627.GC32366@localhost.localdomain><013701c7b7a0$5b1dd2c0$b100a8c0@AveratecLaptop> <20070626042409.GA25331@cm.nu> Subject: Re: Software speech opinions Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:37:22 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - beaver.sibername.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - proficio.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:36:18 -0000 I made no mention of corporations, they go for where the huge bucks are, but what I was saying is that there may be a more indirect relation, to things like insurance. In any event, there is something seriously wrong with the assistive tech market as a whole. I used to have a huge collection of links to assistive tech of all kinds. Check out some of these prices as just one example. https://www.assistivetech.com/cgi/shopper.cgi A six foot wheelchair joystick cable is $109. A lightwriter with dectalk voices is $4425. Something is not right. -- Doug