[Promotion-technology] [nfbcs] Fwd: World's first Web-basedaccessibility tool

[Mike Freeman]

Actually, I think there are some situations where video intercepts may 
be the only way to get info; mailWasher is one of the apps that requires 
this; SA to Go doesn't really give one much info automagically from its 
screens. However, you do have a point; it may be quite useful for 
instances when one needs to have speech on a machine that doesn't have a 
screen-reader on it. But the expense would turn me off.

Mike

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Web-basedaccessibility tool


  On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 03:33:37PM -0500, David Andrews wrote:
  >
  > >A couple of our Technology Specialists have taken a quick look at
  > >the product, and are favorably impressed so far.

  Well, I ain't one of the NFB or Minnesota technology professionals,
  but I do know my way around a computer somewhat...

  And I think this is pretty darn slick, actually, just after a cursory
  look-through. I mean, OK, DECTalk isn't my favorite voice in the
  world, but it's better than Mickeysoft TTS anyway, and smaller than
  just about anything. It loads and starts up pretty quick on a couple
  reasonably fast machines running XP (no speed demons, but not P3/450's
  either). It looks like it'll be a fantastic solution for what most of
  us will use most of the time away from our own computers. Think
  cybercafes or libraries, guys. This is fantastic! The only thing I'm
  wondering about is--how much will it eventually cost?

  Currently, Freedombox service (just the FB Network, no SystemAccess)
  is $229 for the first year, $129 thereafter. And getting System Access
  is even more as you go up the ol' ladder. $499 for System Access plus
  the Freedombox Network, if memory serves. I wish they had a monthly FB
  network option, for instance.

  I think it's interesting, personally, that we're going back to a model
  where software resides somewhere else and our computers access it
  remotely. Sounds a bit like what people did 20 and 30 years ago. What
  is old is new again, I guess.
  -- 
  Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV
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Actually, I think there are some situations where video intercepts may be the only way to get info; mailWasher is one of the apps that requires this; SA to Go doesn't really give one much info automagically from its screens. However, you do have a point; it may be quite useful for instances when one needs to have speech on a machine that doesn't have a screen-reader on it. But the expense would turn me off.
 
Mike
 
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Re: [Promotion-technology] [nfbcs] Fwd: World's first Web-basedaccessibility tool
On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 03:33:37PM -0500, David Andrews wrote:
>
> >A couple of our Technology Specialists have taken a quick look at
> >the product, and are favorably impressed so far.
Well, I ain't one of the NFB or Minnesota technology professionals,
but I do know my way around a computer somewhat...
And I think this is pretty darn slick, actually, just after a cursory
look-through. I mean, OK, DECTalk isn't my favorite voice in the
world, but it's better than Mickeysoft TTS anyway, and smaller than
just about anything. It loads and starts up pretty quick on a couple
reasonably fast machines running XP (no speed demons, but not P3/450's
either). It looks like it'll be a fantastic solution for what most of
us will use most of the time away from our own computers. Think
cybercafes or libraries, guys. This is fantastic! The only thing I'm
wondering about is--how much will it eventually cost?
Currently, Freedombox service (just the FB Network, no SystemAccess)
is $229 for the first year, $129 thereafter. And getting System Access
is even more as you go up the ol' ladder. $499 for System Access plus
the Freedombox Network, if memory serves. I wish they had a monthly FB
network option, for instance.
I think it's interesting, personally, that we're going back to a model
where software resides somewhere else and our computers access it
remotely. Sounds a bit like what people did 20 and 30 years ago. What
is old is new again, I guess.
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV
Email: mailto:buddy at brannan.name buddy at brannan.name
or phone 888-75-BUDDY
Get a free online mall and earn on 1000 stores:
http://www.powermall.us http://www.powermall.us
>From Kitchen Disaster to Culinary Master, make meals and baking
easier and faster: http://www.tastyshop.net http://www.tastyshop.net
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