[brailleblaster] Re: Proposed Project Name
- From: "John Gardner" <john.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:28:40 -0700
Hi, I agree with the sentiment that the name should have more than just
braille. The software collection is intended to make tactile documents.
John G
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Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 7:54 PM
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Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Proposed Project Name
Hi,
Then, I fall back to suggesting OSBraille.
Regards,
Alex,
On 2011-08-31, at 12:00 PM, Michael Whapples wrote:
> I have the feeling that OpenBraille is an existing project, as memory goes
a standard open way of accessing Braille displays. Personally I couldn't
understand why OpenBraille couldn't build on brltty which is an existing
open source Braille display system.
>
> Michael Whapples
> On 31 Aug 2011, at 02:44, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> I added the snippet from my last meassage for the others to see.
>>
>> However, another one could be openBraille.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Alex,
>>
>>
>> On 2011-08-30, at 5:23 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
>>
>>> Chris,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your suggestion. Another that comes to mind is terabraille.
>>>
>>> More suggestions? A trademark or domain search will certainly be
>>> necessary.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 04:59:19PM -0700, Chris von See wrote:
>>>> How about "TouchDoc"? Might need to do a domain/trademark search...
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 30, 2011, at 4:54 PM, qubit wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey John, taking your Unitadoc and turning the terms around, I thought
>>>>> something like "Docunite" sounded catchy -- kind of like dynamite or
>>>>> kryptonite, or something similarly powerful.
>>>>> But that omits the tactile component.
>>>>> Just a thought.
>>>>> --le
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 1:39 AM
>>>>> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Proposed Project Name
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex,
>>>>>
>>>>> I saw your message and considered it. Comments from others would
>>>>> also be
>>>>> welcome.
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 09:32:18PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
>>>>>> Hi John,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am pasting from my earlier message on this topic.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BEGIN MESSAGE:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What about OSBraille, as in "Open Source Braille", but pronounced
>>>>>> "OSBrille"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> END OF MESSAGE
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Alex,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2011-08-29, at 5:51 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here at Abilitiessoft, Inc. we have just applied for the Touch of
>>>>>>> Genius
>>>>>>> prize from National Braille Press. If we win it will mean money
>>>>>>> for the
>>>>>>> development of all the software, liblouis, liblouisutdml and
>>>>>>> BrailleBlaster. In the course of preparing the applicatrion it
>>>>>>> occurred
>>>>>>> to me that it would be good to have a project name that would
>>>>>>> cover all
>>>>>>> three. The one I have come up with is Unitadoc, for Unified Tactile
>>>>>>> Documents. Comments?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> John
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
>>>>>>> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
>>>>>>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>>>>>>> Madison, Wisconsin USA
>>>>>>> Developing software for people with disabilities
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
>>>>> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
>>>>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>>>>> Madison, Wisconsin USA
>>>>> Developing software for people with disabilities
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
>>> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
>>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>>> Madison, Wisconsin USA
>>> Developing software for people with disabilities
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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