Development cost proposal needed.

[Charles Crawford]

I will look at anything during the consideration phase.  Thanks.

-- charlie.
At 05:02 PM 1/24/02 +0100, you wrote:
>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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