[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Fwd: BrailleTouch smartphone app & liblouis?
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:39:15 -0500
I've heard about this app, but I didn't pay much attention, since it
seemed to be only for entering text, not reading it.
John
On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 08:21:19AM +0800, Greg Kearney wrote:
> Hello;
>
> I am not the developer of liblouis. That would be John Boyer who I have
> forwarded this on to. I developed a GUI to the command line program only.
> There is also a liblouis mailing list at liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media
> Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA
> PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100
> Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au
> Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America)
> Email: greg.kearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Email: gkearney@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right
> includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive
> and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of
> frontiers.
> Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Caleb Southern <caleb.southern@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: BrailleTouch smartphone app & liblouis?
> > Date: 1 May 2012 12:30:08 AM AWST
> > To: gkearney@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Mr. Kearney,
> >
> > Thank you very much for your email earlier this year, and for your interest
> > in BrailleTouch! We are working toward a public release of this software.
> > One of the features we would like to implement is contracted braille, and
> > we have looked at using liblouis.
> >
> > Tamara Rorie at AMAC (Alternative Media Access Center) mentioned that you
> > were involved with liblouis. Unfortunately, the LGPL license for liblouis
> > is incompatible with iPhone apps. Are you an author of liblouis? If not, do
> > you know the authors? We would very much like to find a way to support
> > contracted braille in BrailleTouch, hopefully with the liblouis code.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > Best,
> > Caleb
> >
> > Caleb Southern
> > Ph.D. Student
> > School of Interactive Computing
> > Georgia Institute of Technology
> > http://calebsouthern.com
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:56 PM, <greg.kearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> We would be interested in trying this with our clients at the Association
> >> for the Blind of Western Australia
> >>
> >> Gregory Kearney
> >> Manager - Accessible Media
> >> Association for the Blind of Western Australia
> >> 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101
> >> Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia
> >>
> >> Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8246
> >> Telephone: +1 (307) 224 4022 (North America)
> >> Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696
> >> Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only)
> >> Email: gkearney@xxxxxxxxx
> >>
>
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
--
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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