Development cost proposal needed.

[Victor Tsaran]

Hi, Charles!
I think that the closest existing solution on which the future X-window
screen reader could be built is XVI software from Beam LTD in England. Would
you like me to send you their website?
Best regards,
Victor

----- Original Message -----
From: "charles crawford" <ccrawford at acb.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 1:40 PM
Subject: Development cost proposal needed.


> 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.
>
>
>
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