Re: NVDA and Eloquence
- From: "inthane" <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:43:24 -0700
from what I understood the last time I herd about this, its using eloquence
without having a valid version of jaws that makes it illegal, so go tell
those ... ah, hmmmmm, "persons" that there way off in there statements!
if you want I will, I don't care if they kick me, mwahahahahahaha!
elf
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "programmingblind" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 4:36 AM
Subject: NVDA and Eloquence
I am trying to understand the legal issues around use of NVDA with the
Eloquence speech installed with JAWS. I have heard that it is technically
easy to make this work, thereby substantially improving the NVDA
experience. On the blind-mozilla list, however, it was stated that this is
absolutely illegal to do, and even discussion of the topic was prohibited
on the list. I did not realize this was such a controversial topic, but
trust that we can at least discuss it here, being careful as appropriate
not to encourage particular actions.
As I think we know, just because a company says that some activity is an
impermissible use of software does not make it so. For example, I have
heard of the "Jailbreak" issue with the iPhone, and that this has been
deemed legal by an authoritative body, despite initial protests by a
company. Am I understanding that right?
So, I am interested in any official statement that asserts the illegality
of using Eloquence with NVDA. Can someone point me to a web page?
Please understand that I am not encouraging such activity, especially
since my knowledge of the topic is limited at present. I do think,
however, that if people are being told that something is absolutely
illegal that they deserve some kind of authoritative reference for that
assertion, given the corresponding implication that one would be a
criminal to do so.
Jamal
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