Well, Necessary blindy software is not expensive. Or in fact it is, but you'll get the money back from your insurance company because you really need it. This includes screenreaders and speech synths, but the same goes for software like OmniPage Pro (OCR). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Talksina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Piracy of accessible software
well, not to open a flame about this, but, talking about other blind-related software, they are really really really too expensive! I do not talk about games, that cost maximum 40 euro. And, that, for example, a user wanting to play a game, can use his/her money to buy the game, instead of... buying cigarettes, or something else that is damaging his health. But what, in my opinion, is too expensive, are other kind of softwares. Think about Jaws, Window-Eyes, Talks or MobileSpeak for mobile phones, Sapi5 synths (such as Loquendo)... Your discussion is valid for games, or small softwares (such as VoiceEmotion or PowerGramo, the voip assistants), goldwave, sound forge and so on But you lie to yourself if you say that you wouldn't desire to have free access to your computer or mobile phone, or, at least, to spend less money! Not to have to spend the double price because we are blind, for a device which is sold to sighted people with an accessible price Yes, they could develop something free in that case, too. There is a tool called NVDA for computers, and a Sapi5 called eSpeak, not high quality but open source and free but not for mobile phones In general, I am against software piracy, as it damages the alternative free or low-cost software, but I do not lie to myself: most of softwares we NEED, are a real theft. Think about what happened on eMule 2 years ago An anonymous user, having the machine on 24 hours a day, started to distribute a file called "nokia talks 2.xx IMEI key generator", which just contained an executable wich, once launched, destroyed all computer data: everything in hard disk, internal or external or partitions, was removed There is no possibility to get any proof on that, but many people thought (and think) this comes from Nuance, Talks producer, but writing this on the Internet, as there are no proof, could cause problems. So, as we say in Italy, "incarta e porta a casa". That is, literally translated, pack it and take it home. It means, take it as it is _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
