Hi Don't know if both products would go together i.e. Gnome and Beam's as they have modified the X server. I'd also would like all focus, and I mean ALL focus to be made to true software under the GPL and not of GPL type licences. Gena >Hi, Charley! >The website of Beam LTD from England that worked on the XVI project is >www.beam.demon.co.uk/xvi/ >Best regards, >Victor > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Charles Crawford" <ccrawford at acb.org> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 6:44 PM >Subject: Re: Development cost proposal needed. > > >> I will look at anything during the consideration phase. Thanks. >> >> -- charlie. >> At 05:02 PM 1/24/02 +0100, you wrote: >> >Hi, Charles! >> >I think that the closest existing solution on which the future X-window >> >screen reader could be built is XVI software from Beam LTD in England. >Would >> >you like me to send you their website? >> >Best regards, >> >Victor >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "charles crawford" <ccrawford at acb.org> >> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> >Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 1:40 PM >> >Subject: Development cost proposal needed. >> > >> > >> > > 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. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Speakup mailing list >> > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Speakup mailing list >> >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
