That sounds like fantastic logic. Jaws saves me a virtually infinite amount of time. It; thus, should be reclassified, I think, as an elastic cost, as economists like to call it. I will tel Eric Damrie to please raise the cost to $10,000 a license, as that still will allow one to make profit by your formula. Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstader Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 7:31 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Help With Sounds I thought Goldwave was only $40 or so, did its price go way up? Also, I've always argued against "ghetto" applications as they can rarely keep up with the state-of-the-art. I don't object to them, however, when they are "special purpose" like the APH recorder-and the user doesn't need the latest and greatest plug-ins and other cool stuff one can get on other audio programs, its a great deal for the money. Too often, we look at the price of a program made specifically for people with vision impairment and get outraged. Now, let's put a value on our time. For purposes of illustration, I'll use myself as an example - my largest consulting contract pays me $80 per hour. If the APH program saves me just 3 hours over its lifetime, I'm ahead by forty bucks plus the cost of the mainstream app. "Hey Einstein, Time is money and it's money I serve..." cdh On Sep 8, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Ken Perry wrote: > I like to argue this. If you actually get good software written for > the blind it's much better than software adapted for the blind. > Unfortunately that means its more expensive but then look at gold > wave, dreamweaver, Adobie, and the list could go on I will not even > list Microsoft because we all know they are um well interesting when > it comes to pricing their software have you tried buying Outlook? > Don't give me that use thunderbird crap I have to actually get my > appointments sometime this week. Some times its better just to buck > up and pay for software that is easy to use so > > you don't have to spend time and money fighting with it to make it > work the way it should have when you got it. Hell I am even working > on an extension for Safari to try to make that piece of shit work better. > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sina > Bahram > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 4:11 PM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Help With Sounds > > Let me be less kind, haha. Anything written in the blindness market. > > Other industries do actually know how to write software. > > Take care, > Sina > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris > Hofstader > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 3:59 PM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Help With Sounds > > When did Sina become a lousy communist? > On Sep 8, 2010, at 2:58 PM, Sina Bahram wrote: > >> There is also Reaper, and some other programs as well. >> >> $200 for anything other than an entire operating system is not only > ludicrous, but down right despicable. >> >> I'd laugh, but I'm too busy being sick to my stomach at such an >> insane > price for anything. >> >> Take care, >> Sina >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Perry >> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:27 PM >> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: RE: Help With Sounds >> >> >> >> Sound recorder (SR) by APH is my tool of choice. It is $200 but it >> is the most accessible and coolest sound tool made for blind folks. >> If you > don't have a volunteer yet let me know and I can see what I can wack > out. >> >> >> >> Ken >> >> >> >> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of QuentinC >> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:04 AM >> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: Help With Sounds >> >> >> >> You could use programs such as audacity to make that. It's not very > difficult but take some time. >> >> >> __________ >> 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 > > __________ > 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 > __________ 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