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 18PpU0-000542-00 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 14:40:24 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id gBLJeMOp010947 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 14:40:23 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id gBLJeLPf010945 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 14:40:21 -0500 Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 14:40:21 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: a bit of trivia I found interesting Message-ID: <20021221194020.GT6759@rednote.net> References: <20021219024936.GA697@romuald.net.eu.org> <003401c2a7c5$521810e0$be00a8c0@default> <20021220014258.GB323@romuald.net.eu.org> <000401c2a7cf$615f4e60$be00a8c0@default> <3.0.5.32.20021219223914.010ddee0@pop-server.tampabay.rr.com> <3.0.5.32.20021220083501.01108618@pop-server.tampabay.rr.com> <20021221162416.GE6759@rednote.net> <20021221174517.GA4732@romuald.net.eu.org> <000e01c2a919$ee870da0$6401a8c0@nt.charterne.com> <20021221185557.GA4871@romuald.net.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021221185557.GA4871@romuald.net.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Operating-System: Linux cantata 2.4.20 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: The moral of the story, imho, don't buy their products and tell everyone else not to. Gregory Nowak writes: > From: Gregory Nowak > > Yes, that's correct. The only windows ce applications it can run would be those which don't directly ask the user for input, or display output (I.E. command-line only driven programs). This is because the braille display and speech aren't registered as output devices directly in win ce. > > Also, since they ported keysoft from DOS to win ce, they could probably just as easily have ported it to the linux kernel. > > Greg > > > On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 12:53:54PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > > Yeah I don't see why they think that's a good excuse. It can't run regular > > windows ce software anyways from what I've heard. > > Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm > > sick of Winblows! > > _______________________________________________ > 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