[talks-uk] Re: Sad news concerning Torsten Brand, lead developer for talks

  • From: Ben Mustill-Rose <bmustillrose@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:00:36 +0100

My thoughts are with his family, not least the 4 children that he has
left behind.
Even if you have never heard the name before, its because of torsten
that we are able to use many of the mainstream phones that are
available today there by putting us on as equal grounds as possible as
our sited peers.

Rip.

On 14/04/2010, Vanja Sudar <vanja@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was very shocked when I heard about this in the afternoon. Just to think
> that less than a month ago I was listening to an interview with the guy. He
> meant a lot to the blind community. Here is some more info and some of the
> previous interviews.
> http://blindbargains.com/bargains.php?m=5214
> Vanja
> http://www.sudar.co.uk
> http://twitter.com/internetking
> MSN/windows live messenger: sudar23@xxxxxxxxxxx
> AIM: vanja121
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu
>   To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 5:29 PM
>   Subject: [talks-uk] Sad news concerning Torsten Brand, lead developer for
> talks
>
>
>   Hi Everyone.
>
>   This will be sad news to any user of the talks software and a tragic loss
> for the accessible phone users community generally.  According to reports,
> Torsten Brand, lead developer for Talks died last night from complications
> during a Hernia operation.  Information is scarce at the moment, but
> doubtless there will be a press release in the upcoming future and I will of
> course pass this on as soon as I hear anything.
>
>   All the best, Ibrahim.

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