[brailleblaster] Re: Proposed Project Name

  • From: Michael Whapples <mwhapples@xxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:00:45 +0100

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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