Thanks Randy but I hear money is not as much the issue as it getting the right enfgineers. -- charlie. At 04:38 PM 1/25/02 -0600, you wrote: >hi, >if money is needed i would be able to donate >from time to time. >randy > > >On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, charles crawford wrote: > > > 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
