[bcab] Re: WebAnywhere: a free screen reader accessed via the

On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 02:03 -0400, BCAB_Digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Subject: [bcab] Re: WebAnywhere: a free screen reader accessed via the
> web
> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:55:20 +0100
> From: "Adrian Higginbotham" <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> SaToGo isn't open source no.
> NVDA is open source and while it isn't web based it is portable so can
> be run from a usb stick or CD so can easily auto start without any
> keyboard interaction at all.
> http://www.nvda-project.org/
WebAnywhere is opensource as well, although the indications from what I
have read is that it hasn't always.
> 
> Would be nice if nvda and web anywhere worked together to save
> duplicating work.
Might be good, but that is one of the advantages of open source, they
don't need to actually work together, the other can always learn by
looking at the code and taking anything that looks good (I don't know
which open source license WebAnywhere is under, and it might make it
harder for the two to mix if it is GPL incompatible). This then means
that they may go slightly different ways, but not actually be creating
all the stuff themselves. Yes it is better if they work together to help
understand what they are trying to do, but it isn't as necessary as it
might be for closed source software.
> 
> 
> Adrian Higginbotham
> Project manager: Learning services
> Becta
> Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994.
> Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/
> BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ 
> 
> 

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