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=lnx1.holmesgrown.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16lNVZ-0005SJ-00 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 00:10:33 -0500 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com (steve@lnx3.holmesgrown.com [192.168.1.5]) by lnx1.holmesgrown.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA07594 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 22:10:06 -0700 Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 22:10:27 -0700 (MST) From: Steve Holmes To: Subject: Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster 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: 2.0.8 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 last time I looked on their site I was kinda luce warm about it as I felt $75 a year and not being really sure if any of the existing titles would interest me or not. However, if I do go for it, I would definitely push for the compression/decompression tools to be available in linux. In fact, it should not be proprietary either. It ot be GNU based or something. I guess my GNU religion is showing:). On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > Yep. This should degrade gracefully, as they say. They sure can tell your > browser isn't doing https, and they can even tell what browser you're > using. This should result in gentler pages with some options. > > Want to help me make a list of needed improvements? I meet with them next > week in L.A. > On Tue, 12 > Mar 2002, Ann Parsons wrote: > > > Hi Janina, > > > > I got the upgrade and all is well. But I do have some suggestions. > > Sheesh, if they'd only said something weeks ago!! > > > > Ann P. > > > > > >