From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=cantata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17qaZQ-0000ks-00 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 10:40:20 -0400 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (cantata.rednote.net [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id g8FEeMRr014088 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 10:40:22 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id g8FEeM4e014086 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 10:40:22 -0400 From: Janina Sajka Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 10:40:22 -0400 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: windblows, was: Re: Look Out Macintosh! Message-ID: <20020915144021.GJ10373@afb.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Operating-System: Linux cantata 2.4.16 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Ann Parsons writes: > > What $1,100? Where? How get? JFW. Or maybe Window-Eyes. Never mind the exact dollar amount, they all have hefty price-tags. And, you have to pay handsomely for bug-fixes usually called upgrades. So, another wonderful benefit of Linux, Speakup, Emacspeak, Yasr, Gnopernicus, and the rest, is that the benefit of computing will no longer be reserved for rich blind people. I think it's about time. For example, it's downright embarassing how white the participants at CSUN are. One might think there are no other ethnicities among people with disabilities. > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp@eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html