----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth R. Ingham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Accessible Devices Mailing List Post '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 6:42 PM Subject: Accessible Devices Kenneth R. Ingham,Ph.D. - Adept1 - Free Software Adept1
> Free Software Version of the Amazability, Inc. Adept1 Assistive Technology > Product > > > > Amazability, Inc. seeks to provide persons with visual impairment and > other > disabilities products which have the lowest cost possible and which meet > people's access needs. We have been developing the Adept1 assistive > technology product since 2002. Part of the work has been done with > support > from the United States Department of Education, as outlined at > http://www.amazability.com/about.htm, and has included the design and > implementation of a series of applications and activities intended to work > with speech. Command interaction may be done with a mix of voice > recognition and keyboard input with all activities designed to work in a > similar manner with a minimum of voice or keyboard commands needed to > carry > out complex actions. A word processor, email with address book, a web > browser, and an online library of books, reference works, and other items > are available. The Adept1 may be used for all types of programming where > software can be developed, debugged, and run by those who wish to use the > Adept1 as a talking workstation. See the Amazability, Inc. homepage > http://www.amazability.com <http://www.amazability.com/> where there is a > link to a Google Tech Talk that includes, in the latter half, a > demonstration of the Adept1. > > > > Amazability, Inc. is preparing to offer a free software version of the > Adept1 under the terms of the GNU General Public License - GPLv3 - as > described at http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html > > > > Amazability, Inc. plans to provide the free software version with publicly > available speech engines while at the same time making its proprietary > version, described in the Company's website, available under dual > licensing. > > > > As the free software version is prepared for publication, we are > soliciting > volunteers who would help in building a core group of developers whose > task > would be to complete and add to the free software version. Additional > documentation to insure the successful transfer of technology and the > future > implementation of new features are near term goals. Longer term goals are > to implement portable versions of the Adept1 and to provide a port of the > technology from Linux to the Windows and Mac OS X environments. > > > > Feasibility studies, focus group activities, and considerable beta testing > have been carried out. This has led to the design of a product that our > testers find highly useful. The Adept1 is readily learned and can serve > the > wider population of persons, whether with disabilities or not, who have > little or no technical experience. We hope that, by making the Adept1 > freely available, persons with disabilities may be able to obtain an > assistive technology product that works for them. > > > > Those interested in participating in the preparation of the free software > version and in forming a support group or who simply have questions should > contact us through email at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.accessible-devices.com/pipermail/a-d_accessible-devices.com/attachments/20080920/c898b0cd/attachment.html > This is an Announce only list. Subscribers are not able to post to this > list. > To unsubscribe from the Accessible Devices list copy the line below. > Paste it in > the To: line of a blank message and send it. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please feel free to pass this message on to a friend who might like to > subscribe. > To subscribe to Accessible Devices send a blank e mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Just follow the directions in the confirmation message when it comes. > Please Note: Accessible Devices is not able to provide tech support for > software or products that we supply information about. > > > _______________________________________________ > A-d mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.accessible-devices.com/mailman/listinfo/a-d_accessible-devices.com > Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm September 21 &22!! To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
