Ah chris. But you surely don't think i would explicitly call it sex upon release would you? Just a list joke that's all. But speech Extreme is good enough for me, and who knows, i might even adapt it for the desktop and laptop environments in the future. Cheers! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Matthew and all, since I read this, I see your points. Maybe Freedom Mobile, or something else not of a sexual nature, would be more appropriate than ...you know. Thanks for sharing your points with us, greatly appreciated. Oh, sorry for any offence caused. Chris Hallsworth BrailleNote mPower user Website: www.chrishallsworth.co.nr----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew2007" <matthew2007@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 11:38 AM Subject: Re: ideas and adaptations was re: need beta testers for an alternative screen readers You're taking a very big risk in naming your product something that may ultimately end up associated with a sexual innuendo. I'm simply guessing,but I'm thinking many of your likely population of users will be blind userswho for the most part:1. Your target population will be in their older years which means they will not think talking about their phone in a sexual manner to be cute or funny.Just think of the names of current cell phones out there. The names elicitsuch things as chocolate or raspberry or something neutral for all includinggeneric numbers such as X30E5. It won't sound cute or funny if your mother or grandfather has to call a family member for help with their sex cell phone screen reader. 2. Though males such as yourself probably won't think much of this sexualinnuendo, the female population of possible customers may think differently.You can choose to ignore this facet of the population, but 50% of possible sales will disappear if you do so. 3. It will be difficult for a young population of possible customers toconvince their parent that a cell phone screen reader with a sexual tone isa good idea to buy.5. I don't know what country you're from, but outside of the major cities inthe US, talking openly about sexuality is still not easy for many to do. 6. When someone goes out into the internet to seek out product information for your screen reader, just what type of WebPages do you think they willgenerate when they search for the words: Sex cell phone, or, sex reader, or any combination of sex and phone. If they don't know how to clean out theirhistory they might find themselves in some problems. I'm sure there are lots of other problems with this idea that you've obviously not considered thoroughly, but I'm just conveying these off the top of my head--imagine what professional marketing professionals cangenerate? If you've got money to burn on half-baked ideas then feel free andcontinue on your path. Just posting my opinion on subject matter you're posting publicly. Matthew---- Original Message ----- From: "jaffar" <jaffar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 2:52 AMSubject: ideas and adaptations was re: need beta testers for an alternativescreen readersHi all. First up, thanks for the overwhelming response to my appeal for beta testers. In view of the tremendous response, my wife and i haveagreed that i should increase the number of testers from 5 to ten. Within the next few days, I'll be setting up 2 email lists, 1 for programmibilityand one for usability, so that the usability and programming aspects ofthe application can be discussed separately. I would also like to appointsomeone from here as a sort of adviser for myself, since this is all very new to me, and my wife thinks it will be good for me to have one as well.So, if you receive an email from a list that has "speech extreme" or "sex"(smile) within the next 1 or 2 days, it will be from me. Thanks ken for the very innovative, ear catching and mind churning name of my mobilescreen reader software. you gave my wife such a fit of the giggles. Also, there have been many contributions and ideas already, and if yours doesn'tcome on board for this release, it will be implimented in the next one. To be very honest, I'd have liked it very much for some of you to come onboard, but circumstances being what they are, it will be difficult, and it is a shame for, i could do with your constructive and intelligent input. However, when my product comes out on the market, please write to me before you place your order and i'll work out a favorable discount for you, just as a token of appreciation for all your help to me over the years, which has enabled me to reach this far towards my goal. Don'tworry, I've got your names already on my database smile. Thanks all. Andfor those who were successful, you'll be hearing from me soon. Cheers! __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ NOD32 2576 (20071007) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com__________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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