[ossrp-control] Fw: Re: So, where do you want the project to go?

Posted on behalf of Chris Hofstader, who's having a few problems posting at
the moment.

Will
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Hofstader" <chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 5:08 PM
Subject: RE: [ossrp-control] Re: So, where do you want the project to go?


> Mike has his new Pass Key product which you should check out.  The "System
> Access" feature is very cool and it runs as an application off of a CD
ROM.
> The F Box gang is doing some pretty cool shit with few resources and a low
> priced product.  If they catch on, they can turn into a real threat for
the
> users who don't need all of the horsepower of a JAWS or Window-Lies.
>
> cdh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ossrp-control-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ossrp-control-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Will Pearson
> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 10:13 AM
> To: ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: So, where do you want the project to go?
>
> 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
least
> that's what I think it was called.
>
> I think this would solve one important issue for those in some types of
> employment or voluntary work, or just for personal use, and that's
mobility.
>
> Gone are the days of just sitting at one deskand using the same computer.
> Whilst this is still reality for quite a few people, 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
.Net
>
> Framework installed, but this is a simple download from Windows Update.
>
> I think this is something that should definately be seriously 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, with
> > the FreedomBox PassKey, a credit card sized cd which is dropped into
> > any cd rom drive of a windows-based pc.  You have all of FreedomBox and
> > the internet including instant messaging with you on the go, where ever
> > you are.  This same concept not only could work with a screen reading
> > solution for Long Horn, but, as Microsoft has promised to improve the
> > auto run problem which is now being experienced with some USB devices,
> > one could actually use a USB plug-in type device for this universal
> > access dream come true.
> > A small disclaimer here:  These thoghts on FreedomBox are not to try
> > and sell anything.  They are only presented here for the enlightenment
> > and enrichment of information for the blind and disabled world.
> >
> > -- 
> > Email services by FreedomBox.  Surf the Net at the sound of your voice.
> > www.freedombox.info
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>


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