Re: HFOSS: VizAudio & DOTS

2009-02-28 Thread Eitan Isaacson
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Willie Walker wrote: > * Eitan writes up the Dots description > I'll have a paper on the list by tomorrow. Cheers! ___ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailm

Re: HFOSS: VizAudio & DOTS

2009-02-27 Thread Bryen
On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 14:09 -0500, Willie Walker wrote: > Hi Bryen: > > Before throwing in the towel for the VizAudio solution, I think we > should still give the interns a choice, but clearly mark the VizAudio > one as one that will have no technical mentorship and that those > involved (e.g.,

Re: HFOSS: VizAudio & DOTS

2009-02-27 Thread Willie Walker
Hi Bryen: Before throwing in the towel for the VizAudio solution, I think we should still give the interns a choice, but clearly mark the VizAudio one as one that will have no technical mentorship and that those involved (e.g., the libnotify folks) tend to be very unresponsive to questions.

Re: HFOSS: VizAudio & DOTS

2009-02-27 Thread Steve Lee
2009/2/27 Bryen : > So, if there's no further discussion, I'm putting my support to DOTS for > HFOSS inclusion. I think it is a great project and covers a specific > need that helps us compete better with other proprietary solutions. Bryen thanks for being a "decent chap" about this. It's great w

Re: HFOSS: VizAudio & DOTS

2009-02-27 Thread Bryen
Alrighty, so we've had at least some discussion on the pros and cons of both proposed projects here on the list, plus some discussions online in IRC. Here's where I stand now. While I personally truly want to see the VizAudio concept get off the ground, its clear its not quite ready for something

Re: HFOSS: VizAudio & DOTS

2009-02-25 Thread Flavio Percoco Premoli
Willie Walker escribió: Sohey two interns, three projects. Maybe we let the interns decide what they want to work on? If that's the path we take, let's still at least try to line up a technical mentor for the VizAudio task and a mentor with braille expertise for the Dots task. I agree

Re: HFOSS: VizAudio & DOTS

2009-02-24 Thread Steve Lee
2009/2/24 Bryen : > Reach: > DOTS reaches the market where braille printers (embossers) exist.  How > large that market is, is not clear at this time.  VizAudio can reach a > broader market without need for additional hardware and is beneficial > not only for Deaf users, but also for anyone who wis

Re: HFOSS: VizAudio & DOTS

2009-02-24 Thread Willie Walker
Hi All: Bryen - thanks for writing this up. :-) http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-accessibility-list/2009-February/msg00046.html vs. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-accessibility-list/2009-February/msg00056.htm I think both have strong positives and strong negatives. It's hard. I

HFOSS: VizAudio & DOTS

2009-02-24 Thread Bryen
In yesterday's meeting there was some discussion about HFOSS projects. We already agreed on sending MouseTrap for one project and we're now in the final week of determining which project to send to HFOSS for the second intern. This must be discussed and decided upon by the end of this week. In pr