From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 43A5D1EF6AF; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:09:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from vms173025pub.verizon.net (vms173025pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.25]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 189041EF6AD for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:09:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] ([unknown] [71.174.184.70]) by vms173025.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0N9H004XKMJ4TC70@vms173025.mailsrvcs.net> for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:09:05 -0500 (CDT) Message-id: <53D7F14F.1030405@verizon.net> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:09:03 -0400 From: Al Sten-Clanton User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: OT: I lost my dictionary References: <53D7C52D.4060701@gmail.com> In-reply-to: <53D7C52D.4060701@gmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 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, 29 Jul 2014 19:09:27 -0000 Kyle, glad you can do that. My wife and I haven't gone that far along the freedom trail, but it's still my long-term goal. Al On 7/29/2014 12:00 PM, Kyle wrote: > LOL you're not the only blind guy in America without a Victor Stream. I > also don't have one, and don't even feel the need, nor have the money to > purchase something like that . In fact, I don't have a lot of the > things that They, you kno, the They with a capital T, think we should > have lol. No Victor, none a dem crapple apples, no specialized or > temporarily marked up appliances, and certainly none a dat windblows and > shark biting a CD crap. Believe it or not, My family has gone almost > completely Linux and Linux related. Linux computers, Android phones, > Chromebooks and Sansa players running Rockbox, all of which are working > nicely. Yeah, it would be nice to get direct NLS downloads and to be > able to play them on our Android phones, but They, again that's the They > with a capital T, don't think we should have something nice like that, > so They aren't developing it for anyone other than those who do what > They say and get a crapple apple or a piece of specialized blindy tech. > I also thought it would be a good idea to develop a drop-in Rockbox > plugin that could be downloaded from the BARD website, so that we could > use off-the-shelf Sansa players to play books, but again, They with a > capital T don't think we should be using such things I guess. But then > again, I've always been one to buck the system, fight the power and use > mostly off-the-shelf products wherever possible, and adapt them using > free and open source technology if they don't already have it. > ~Kyle > http://kyle.tk/ >