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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There has recently been some public discussion of
Zipspeak and the availability of a new release. As of July this year Matt
Campbell handed over the job of maintainer of Zipspeak. I produced
so-called Zipspeak 8.0 in July, but have only been giving it to people privately
upon request. The reason for this is that over my summer holidays I have
been restricted to a 56K connection that thruthfully is half of that.
Also, Patric Volkerding has been on holiday recently and not replying to emails
so I haven't been able to get an account etc. I return to uni in three
weeks on the 1st of October where I have a faster connection. Therefore by
5th October I hope to upload the version. I may even decide to update to
the latest version of Speakup in CVS. Sorry for the delay and please wait
a few more weeks - transferring 50MB across a modem is both costly and
time-consuming, as well as error-prone.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your patience, and please don't hesitate
to contact me if you require further information.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards, Saqib Shaikh</FONT></DIV>
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