[gui-talk] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: monetary support

Sun Apr 12 03:40:10 UTC 2009

It wasn't Microsoft, but the Mozilla Foundation I believe.

Dave

At 07:05 AM 4/11/2009, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>I heard that MicroSoft has given NDVA a grant to help in making the Screen
>Reader better.
>I wish that MS would developed their own screen reader this way the MS OS
>would be better.
>From, Tom Blume
>
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>Behalf Of tunecollector
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>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: monetary support
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>
>Thanks for proving my point.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Don H
>Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 11:54 AM
>To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>Subject: [Bulk] Re: [gui-talk] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: monetary support
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>I took part in a leadership seminar in Baltimore when I was the president of
>
>a local chapter.  At that meeting Dr. Jernigan said he did not believe in
>gimmicks to help the cause.  Shortly there after the NFB became involved in
>the blind guy that was going to sail across the Atlantic was sponsored by
>the NFB.  Of course it was a failure and a gimmick
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "tunecollector" <tunecollector at sbcglobal.net>
>To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:26 AM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: monetary support
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>
> > So you are suggesting that it is more conducive to put money into some
> > public relations gimmick that basically benefit one individual rather than
> > doing something that would benefit thousands?  And the NGOs get into a
> > staring match with rehab rather than step forward to do something.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
> > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 6:24 AM
> > To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> > Subject: [Bulk] Re: [gui-talk] [Bulk] Re: monetary support
> >
> > One has to think about where one is going with support.  NVDA is
> > interesting, but if one were going to put money into it what would be the
> > desired result.  For one
> > thing, if we and others are putting money into it, it really isn't free
> > any
> > longer is it?  When would we stop putting money into it?  The fact is that
> > technology is
> > constantly changing and the perfect screen reader can therefore never be
> > built.  To keep a screen reader up to date even once it works well is
> > going
> > to take an on-
> > going stream of money, and a good free screen reader supported by the NFB
> > and others simply leaves the rehabilitation agency and employers off the
> > hook for
> > providing some of the support for accessibility we need.  If we have a
> > specific thing we'd like to see happen with NVDA or other open source
> > screen
> > reader, such as
> > seeing if a particular approach to a problem is workable, then putting
> > some
> > money toward making that happen as a proof of concept for example would
> > make
> > sense
> > to me.
> >
> > On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:12:55 -0700, tunecollector wrote:
> >
> >>Really?  Didn't NFB pay for a blind guy to climb Mount Everest?
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> >>Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> >>Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 7:44 PM
> >>To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> >>Subject: [Bulk] Re: [gui-talk] monetary support
> >
> >>NFB has traditionally not favored any screen-reading software package
> >>over any other. Also, there's only so much money to go around.
> >
> >>Mike
> >
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Hoffman, Allen" <Allen.Hoffman at dhs.gov>
> >>To: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >>Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 6:38 AM
> >>Subject: [gui-talk] monetary support
> >
> >
> >>does anyone know if ACB, AFB, or NFB has provided any monetary support
> >>to the NVDA project to date?  If not, why not?  If so, how much and who
> >>can we thank?
> >
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