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["David Lant" <david.lant1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

It's difficult to see how you could have a truly "stand alone" screen =
reader
or adaptive technology.  IN some way or another it has to be able to =
hook
into the system you are using, so that it can process the output for =
your
use.  Unless we're talking about something as way out as performing
processing on the pure graphics sent to the screen, which would be a
nightmare, I think you have to have some prior knowledge of at least =
some
part of the user interface provided by the OS.

Because .NET is going to become highly pervasive over time, and indeed
already showing up in the Linux and UNIX arenas too, it would seem a =
good
platform independent base to start from.

If, for example, there were a way to have the product shipped on a USB
storage device, such as a USB pen or key fob, and this could be made
bootable, then you might have the closest thing to a stand alone =
solution.
But I've no idea whether USB storage devices can be made bootable or =
not,
nor whether the cost of such hardware would add a prohibitive price to =
the
product.

All the best,

David


-----Original Message-----
From: ossrp-control-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ossrp-control-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Norman
Sent: 24 April 2005 03:53
To: ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: So, where do you want the project to go?


Will, I'm worried about using .net...

Here's why. Imagine you're staying at a hotel, and you have a really=20
important e-mail (comfidential for the example), that you need to pick =
up.=20
The hotel aren't going to let you go onto their computer and start=20
downloading frameworks are they? I know at my school, we can't install=20
things, so don't you think a stand alone idea might be a better =
approach?

Cheers,

Chris Norman
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----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Will Pearson" <will-pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 3:12 PM
Subject:
> Hey Tony and Rick,
>
> That sounds like a great idea.  I did know, from talking to Mike at
> Freedom
> Box last year, that they were working on their USB Freedom Key, or at=20
> least
> that's what I think it was called.
>
> I think this would solve one important issue for those in some types=20
> of employment or voluntary work, or just for personal use, and that's=20
> mobility. Gone are the days of just sitting at one deskand using the=20
> same computer. Whilst this is still reality for quite a few people,=20
> some offices are using
> techniques such as hot desking, and people out on the road may need to =
use

> a
> computer wherever they can find one.
>
> If we go down the route of using .Net based languages, which seems the
> most
> sensible option at the moment, then the computers will need to have =
the=20
> .Net
> Framework installed, but this is a simple download from Windows =
Update.
>
> I think this is something that should definately be seriously=20
> considered,
> as
> it fits in more with how people actually live.
>
> Will
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Broome" <tb777@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 12:20 AM
> Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: So, where do you want the project to go?
>
>
>> Now, you're talkin, Rick.  That's what we are doing in effect now,=20
>> with the FreedomBox PassKey, a credit card sized cd which is dropped=20
>> into any cd rom drive of a windows-based pc.  You have all of=20
>> FreedomBox and the internet including instant messaging with you on=20
>> the go, where ever you are.  This same concept not only could work=20
>> with a screen reading solution for Long Horn, but, as Microsoft has=20
>> promised to improve the auto run problem which is now being=20
>> experienced with some USB devices, one could actually use a USB=20
>> plug-in type device for this universal access dream come true. A=20
>> small disclaimer here:  These thoghts on FreedomBox are not to try=20
>> and sell anything.  They are only presented here for the=20
>> enlightenment and enrichment of information for the blind and=20
>> disabled world.
>>
>> --
>> Email services by FreedomBox.  Surf the Net at the sound of your =
voice.
>> www.freedombox.info
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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