I agree that some accessible software is very expensive, but you have to consider the market this software is selling to and the complexity of the software itself. If Windows XP were only sold to the blind for example, it would cost several thousand dollars and frankly it would never happen as it would be a money loser for the company producing it. I for one am grateful that there are quality screenreaders out there for us at all, considering the heavy amount of time invested in writing this stuff. Later, Che
----- Original Message ----- From: "Talksina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 3:50 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.
