Agreed. It is the same way about Win modems. They all could be supported if the hhardware manufacturers got their head out of the sand and see more and more people are trying out Linux. ----- Original Message ----- From: Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 9:07 PM Subject: Re: New to LINUX > Stupidity for sure. Since there's absolutely nothing for them to lose, > this is the only word for it. > > On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Geoff Shang wrote: > > > Hi: > > > > Let me emphasize this point about the trippletalk. It cannot be used with > > speakup. And unless and until the trippletalk folks decide to be more > > forth-coming with specs for their products (i.e. they stop iinsisting on a > > non-disclosure agreement), the trippletalk will remain unsupported. Of > > course, this is stupidity on the part of a hardware manufacturer as wider > > support means greater product sales, but a number of hardware manufacturers > > just don't seem to get it. > > > > Geoff. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > Learn how to make accessible software at > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
