hey lerenzo, just quit while your ahead man. I agree wityh everything you say, but with this perticular person you are disagreeing with, he likes to be in the spot light and being right. so there's no use. he'll always say your wrong. BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net blindtech at blindtechs.net website: http://blindtechs.net Visit our website where we offer free email, shell accoiunts, shoutcast radio service, online games and more! Powered by Unix not Microsoft On Mar 30, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Janina Sajka wrote: > Lorenzo Taylor writes: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> According to Janina Sajka: >> # As for your rationale, let me ask you this? If it's so possible, >> how >> # come no one has done it? >> >> It has been done before. Or more to the point, it is being done. >> Apple >> has built a screen reader into their operating system. No, it isn't >> absolutely perfect, but we can expect improvement as it >> developes. LG >> has put speech into some of their phones that allows a blind >> person to >> access the menu system. The question isn't why isn't anyone doing >> it, >> but rather why aren't more companies doing it. > > > Lorenzo, you have so much to learn. LG didn't puyt speech into a > few of > their phones because they wanted to. It had everything to do with a > formal complaint at the FCC over accessibility. It was nothing but > good > > old fashioned arm twisting. It was certainly not market economics > as you > suggest. > > PS: I know. I was there in the middle of it. > > old fashioned arm twisting, and most certainly not market economics. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup