Hi, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL here. Wouldn't we need a location to provide professionals in all blind institutes, all Facebook groups, etc, for knowing that next to Windows and Mac, they have: - Vinux, to install a native accessible system on an existing computers - other projects you think relevant such as Talking arch - Hypra, to get a pre-installed accessible Linux PC with remote suport regards Jean-Philippe MENGUAL HYPRA, progressons ensemble Tél.: 01 84 73 06 61 Mail: contact@xxxxxxxx Site Web: http://www.hypra.fr ----- Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > Hmm. Facebook groups? Perhaps? I could handle that, if it please ya. > Linux for the blind. Grant stuff, though, I’ll probably have to > leave for those who know about petitioning and such. However, > NVDA got plenty of grant money from Mozilla and Adobe, so we > could start with them, as Orca works best with Firefox for web browsing. > -- > Sent from Discordia using Gnus for Emacs. > Email: r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx > Long days and pleasant nights! > > Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Tony Baechler here. > > > > Your comments again emphasize the need for a nonprofit organization. I > > wouldn't worry too much about the money. Funding will happen once the > > word gets out. Oh, it takes time and it won't be immediate, but it can > > and will happen. What we need is a grant writer. The government issues > > grants. There are many private companies who put lots of funding into > > Linux. Most major projects have outside funding. If Mozilla had to > > survive only on donors, they wouldn't. Debian gets lots of money and > > servers from HP Enterprise and many other companies. You're right that > > the Windows guys get their money mostly from the government, but not > > all. Schools are a lot of the market. > > > > As I said before, start young. Get on social media where teens and > > young people are and show them that there is another choice besides > > Windows and the Mac. Even if they aren't programmers, they are > > potential users. One of the reasons why the Apple II became so > > successful was because it was given to so many schools. How many of > > you grew up on the Apple II in the classroom? There was a company > > called Raised Dot Computing. They wrote and sold Bex and other > > programs. They were a commercial business. When they started, they had > > no money. All of their newsletters are online and well worth reading > > if you care about the history of technology for the blind. They hired > > a grant writer. After getting several grants, they were able to fund > > development of their software, like Braille Edit which became Bex, a > > program to make AppleWorks accessible and eventually Mega Dots for the > > PC. The point is it can be done and it wouldn't be that difficult, > > especially with a good social media presence. > > > > On 4/24/2017 4:56 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Kelly Prescott here. > >> The reason Windows has better accessibility, is that the government has > >> largely funded it. FS and all the other players get a large percentage of > >> there purchases from VR dollars which is the good old tax payer! > >> So while a private company developes it, Uncle Sam really foots the bill! > >> I only say that to show how hard it is to get accessible software built and > >> maintained. > >> I am working on a UEFI boot loader that talks from bootup. I am going to > >> release it as open source. > >> The thing is: I have to feed me and mine durring this effort. > >> This means that I work on borring normal projects most of the time, and my > >> boot loader when I have spare time. > >> I think there are several developers me among them who would do this full > >> time, but if there is no money in it, then we must continue to work on our > >> normal jobs/projects until we either have time to work on it or we find some > >> good funding to pay for it. > >> Unfortunately, I do not know of good ways to obtain lots of money for > >> part-time developers. There is only so much free time and free work to go > >> around. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list