Development cost proposal needed.

[Charles Crawford]

Thanks Randy but I hear money is not as much the issue as it getting the 
right enfgineers.

-- charlie.
At 04:38 PM 1/25/02 -0600, you wrote:


>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.
> >
> >
> >
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