What's this supposed to do anyways? Why would I want to grab and save images like that? My friend uses kurzweil and I do too, but he has a camera attached, and kurzweil allows selection of that as scanner source, how on earth do you use a camera like a scanner, to read anything? ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "blinux list" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 9:36 AM Subject: re: discussion:Fw: [The vOICe] Linux? Yes, probably > This is from peter. > > Hi Janina, > > > It sounds like this would be fairly straight forward to use. But, I'm > > unclear about the license and the source. I wouldn't want to trust a > > binary with all the changes to compilers over the past year. So, is the > > source available? And under what license? > > Source code is not available, but the Java version > of The vOICe is not a binary executable. Instead it > runs with a Java VM (virtual machine). The very same > Java applet and application therefore runs on any > platform for which a Java virtual machine is available. > In practice this means that exactly the same Java byte > code runs on Windows and Linux platforms. > > The trick with the use of a third-party application > for grabbing and saving image files from a camera > has been applied years ago, but then only for the > Windows platform by using the ISpy camera software. > The same trick ought to work with Linux if one can > find Linux software for grabbing and saving image > files from a camera. > > The license conditions for The vOICe Java applet > and Java application are described at the URL > > http://www.seeingwithsound.com/license.htm > > This basically boils down to non-commercial use and > giving proper credit. > > Be aware that all this is separate from what is > called "The vOICe Learning Edition", which only > runs under Microsoft Windows. > > Best wishes, > > Peter Meijer > > > Seeing with Sound - The vOICe > http://www.seeingwithsound.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list