From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from texasisp.com ([216.88.101.2] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16UEi5-0004bO-00 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:20:37 -0500 Received: from breckuser159.texasisp.com (rturner2@breckuser159.texasisp.com [216.89.55.159]) by texasisp.com (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g0PMJiR24553 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2002 16:19:45 -0600 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 16:38:58 -0600 (CST) From: randy turner X-X-Sender: To: Subject: Re: Development cost proposal needed. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 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: hi, if money is needed i would be able to donate from time to time. randy On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, charles crawford wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > OK, now we need to cut to the chase. I believe I can get the > resources needed to speed the development of the speech interface for > X-windows and generic Linux text as well using speakup or whatever we all > need. It is in the interests of blind computer users to have an > alternative to Windows where we are not paying constantly for access. > > I need to know what it would take to guet us there in the shortest > realistic time frame. Armed with that kind of information, we can write a > grant proposal for ACBspeak or whatever > we call it. My view is that if we can get a robust Linux solution that > would allow blind folks to get real access to an inexpensive operating > system which we could use to do what we need and also to access the > Microsoft apps through emulators, then we really could go a long way to > creating a level playing field with a host of options rather than > constantly trying to catch up to main apps and forsaking the others. Not > only that, but we could use software we want rather than software we are > forced to use. > > How about it? > > -- charlie Crawford. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >