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 1I2W0R-0008Ba-00 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:36:11 -0400 Received: from [24.226.66.233] (helo=tenstac) by beaver.sibername.com with smtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1I2Vzv-0001Iw-TL for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:35:40 -0400 Message-ID: <044601c7b68e$af6f59b0$ab00a8c0@tenstac> From: "Doug Sutherland" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000c01c7b2ab$984096f0$6401a8c0@YOUR3ADE1B78A3><032101c7b681$2837a400$ab00a8c0@tenstac> <467EA927.2030006@clearwire.net> Subject: Re: Software speech opinions Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:37:13 -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 - [47 12] / [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: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:36:11 -0000 What I meant was, if PCs don't have serial ports then synths will be made for USB, and then its a software issue. They will not become obsolete because of USB, in fact USB is arguably much better. There is always someone wanting to make money. What bugs me is when they are greedy. The price of assistive tech in general is obscene. -- Doug