Development cost proposal needed.

[Georgina]

Hi

Don't know if both products would go together i.e. Gnome and Beam's as they 
have modified the X server.  I'd also would like all focus, and I mean ALL 
focus to be made to true software under the GPL and not of GPL type licences.

Gena



>Hi, Charley!
>The website of Beam LTD from England that worked on the XVI project is
>www.beam.demon.co.uk/xvi/
>Best regards,
>Victor
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Charles Crawford" <ccrawford at acb.org>
>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 6:44 PM
>Subject: Re: Development cost proposal needed.
>
>
>> 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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