From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpe-24-221-98-238.az.sprintbbd.net ([24.221.98.238] helo=lnx3.holmesgrown.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18qSXj-0007VR-00 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2003 01:38:19 -0500 Received: from steve by lnx3.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.10) id 18qSXM-0000QR-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 23:37:56 -0700 Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 23:37:56 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Bookshare & O'reilly books make an aggreement Message-ID: <20030305063752.GA1635@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20030305005731.GA1433@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <15973.26223.133009.807675@akp@eznet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <15973.26223.133009.807675@akp@eznet.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i 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: Well, I'm glad to hear that. The last I had heard they hadn't done a linux but things definitely look better then. Hey, Jim's one of us guys:) so the linux port has gotta be all right. I think the cost always kept me away a bit but now that O'reily has come on board, it might be more worthwhile to me. On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 09:52:31PM -0500, Ann Parsons wrote: > Hi all, > > Nope, bookshare, thanks to Jim Danley and some others now has an > unpack tool in Linux. I have beta tested it and found it excellent. > The web site works well with The Cat. I don't know how well it works > with The Chain. You do have to pay $75 initially, $25 to get set up > and $50 for the year, though if you volunteer in some way, you can > reduce that rate considerably, I understand. > > they are not available to folks outside the U.S., but they claim to be > working on ways to accomplish this. > > Frankly, I prefer to spend my time volunteering at Kirk's > site, but I may throw them a book or two and might get my rate > deminished to a reasonable level. > > Naw, Steve, I wouldn't have joined if they hadn't been accessible to > Linuxers. > > 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 -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html