[access-uk] Re: Accessible Listen Again 2.3
- From: Douglas Harrison <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:35:06 +0100
Ian,
I would entirely agree if this was commercial software.
But as I understand it until about 12 months ago these programs were
being developed by a team at Manchester University of which Alasdair
King was a member. After he left the University Alasdair undertook
to continue to support and develop them because he felt that they
were helping certain members of the visually impaired community.
However he is having to do so largely in his own time (unpaid, as far
as I know) and may be unable to do as much rigorous testing as he
would like. I have often had messages from him about issues I have
raised sent very late at night or in the early morning - one even
arrived on Boxing Day!
The lack of sound in 2.3 of Accessible Listen AGain which I reported
to him at the weekend was an odd one because on his own test machines
he got sound. He certainly did not release the program knowing that
there was a problem.
Hope that clarifies the position a little,
Douglas
On 21 Jun 2006 at 19:07, Iain Lackie wrote:
> I would have thought it was rather more than a bug and am rather surprised
> that software with such an obvious and fundamental flaw should have been
> released.
>
> Iain.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 5:42 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible Listen Again 2.3
>
>
> Malcolm,
> I think that these programs (like Webbbi itself) are really intended
> to make things a little easier for beginners. The BBC site is not
> that difficult to navigate for an experienced screen reader user, but
> personally (perhaps as a result of advancing years!) I like to save time
> where possible and the interfaces of these programs (particularly the
> latest Listen again) give me very convenient access to an enormous number
> of Listen Again items.
>
> As I may have said in an earlier post, the developer thinks that he
> has identified a bug in the current software which is causing the
> absence of sound and hopes to correct it very shortly.
>
> Douglas
>
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