Can not blind users send and receive windows files over a network now? There is Samba, NFS, FTP, and many other methods, all of thiwh are highly standard, and infinitely blind accessible. How does your software assist in this? Assume I know nothing at all about your software, and did not read any of the previous threads on this, which is at least half true. Luke On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, kevin wrote: > All I meant was that a Linux box works best when dealing with handling data > packits over a network and this product will allow the blind user to send > and recieve *shutter* windows files across a network (office to office for > instance) if need be. > I understand how you my think I am full of it, after all, such words may be > hard to grasp. However, I say > that if you give this release a chance, the concept will catch on. I don't > mean to waste anyone's time, I simply ask that you keep an opend-mind. > After all, isn't this what open-source is all about? > Kevin > email: > kjsisco at rcn.com > > a Linux box was mean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Howell" <showell at lrxms.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 8:17 PM > Subject: Re: *****SPAM***** My apology > > > > Kevin, > > > > I read the documentation you sent to the list. First I'm incredibly > > confused by what you wrote. Why are you even attempting to marrie > > windows and alsa. I assume you are attempting to draw some parallel, but > > I miss the entire point. Alsa has nothing and I mean nothing to do with > > speech in any form you could possibly dream up. Alsa is modules to make > > sound from sound cards and that's the simplest thing I can think to say > > on that note. > > You further more write and I quote from the documentation: > > "I would first like to make one thing clear: alsa has nothing to do > > with Jaws for Windows!" > > > > Yes yes you got that right on the money! > > " However, be that as it may, the > > kernal allows > > for such alterations because it was designed to be networked to a > > Windows machine." > > > > Ok what the hell do you meanthat ALsa was ment to be networked to a > > windows machine or the Linux kernel. SUrely you don't mean the Linux > > kernel as how is a kernel going to be networked to a windows machine and > > what fruitloop would even do such a rediculous thing. Not to mention > > that if you ment Linux is to be networked to windows, its the other way > > around. Windows is barely networkible to itself let along anything else. > > > > The point is Kevin that you haven't answered the qestuions we asked, > > you've not proven anything, you must be mad, and surely you can't expect > > anyone to take this load of shit seriously. I mean I'm trying like hell > > to be reasonable, but I can't help post this message because your > > attempt at documenting this tool just doesn't make sense. I'm not the > > sharpest tool in the shed, but I can see this stuff you wrote is just > > rediculous. Look the fact of the matter is you are making a fool of > > yourself and surely that's not your intention. > > Whatelse is there to say? I've tried racking my brain to come up with > > something that might make some sense, but I just can't think of it. If > > this was some module or something in the kernel that was tied to the > > video, maybe I could find something, but it just doesn't fly in any form > > you've presented it. > > > > Scott > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Want a free month of internet access on a great ISP? Go here: http://www.tacticus.com/net/
