Hi Jack,D Don't worry - I've sent the proposal to Matthew and the product manager. According to the product manager, currently HW is putting effort in Word support. Cheers, Joseph
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of j AND B Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 10:54 AM To: Jose Lomeli Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Re: A proposal to allow student programmers to tryout developing KeySoft applications yep great idea but sorry gang never happen J On Fri, 11 Jun 2010, Jose Lomeli wrote: > Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:43:32 -0700 > From: Jose Lomeli <[email protected]> > To: Alex Hall <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Re: A proposal to allow student programmers to > tryout developing KeySoft applications > > I agree with you Joseph 1000% on this. This will actually give us a chance to > experiment on software devlopement. I really agree with you guys. > JOSE Lomeli > Email: [email protected] > All outgoing messages are checked by avast version 4.8 > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <[email protected]> > To: "Joseph Lee" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 5:30 AM > Subject: [Braillenote] Re: A proposal to allow student programmers to tryout > developing KeySoft applications > > >> It goes without sayigg that I support this proposal one thousand >> percent. College students may even find a Keysoft programming >> environment the perfect opportunity for an independent study, >> especially if they plan on working in the AT field after completing >> their academic education. >> >> On 6/11/10, Joseph Lee <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Dear HumanWare staff, BrailleNote users and others, >>> This is Joseph Lee, a computer science student at University of >>> California, >>> Riverside. I'd like to thank HumanWare team for their continued effort in >>> providing support and assurance for BrailleNote users around the world. As >>> a >>> college student with an interest in BrailleNote and other assistive >>> technology solutions, I'd like to suggest a small program to perhaps allow >>> us - students who are learning computer science and other >>> programming-related fields - to try out writing programs for BrailleNote >>> family of products. >>> One of the usefulness of the BrailleNote is that there are facilities for >>> running select type of programs and extensions offered by HumanWare and >>> Sendero Group. At this stage, this includes applications that are run on >>> the >>> browser (via Javascript) and text adventure games (Inform interpreter), as >>> well as GPS and Oxford Dictionary for KeySoft. While we feel that these >>> methods of running programs (via web browser and through extensions) is >>> sufficient at this time, there might need a time when we need specialized >>> tasks that we want to see our BrailleNotes perform. These may include >>> advanced calculations such as unit conversion and factorials, support for >>> reading XLS files and so on. Even though we the programming students lack >>> specific knowledge of how exactly KeySoft operates, maybe we could test >>> our >>> knowledge of programming (at least C++) and practice our skills on a >>> device >>> that is a tool to our education. >>> With this in mind, I'd like to present a small proposal for at least >>> allowing programming students to try out writing small native programs for >>> KeySoft. This would have a number of benefits for both HumanWare and >>> "future >>> developers." First, it would provide an environment for students to >>> practice >>> our skills with friendly interface of KeySoft. Second, with help from >>> students who are knowledgeable about BrailleNote, Humanware R&D team would >>> find useful solutions to problems and suggestions quicker. Third, it would >>> allow HumanWare engineers to become "our mentors" - providing support for >>> future programming apprentices to gain insight into how software is >>> developed under his or her fingertips (using a device that we love and use >>> everyday to help us go through school). >>> We'll make sure that the programs that we write with this interface (if >>> implemented) would not only provide benefit to us in helping us learn more >>> about programming, but would have useful quality that would benefit fellow >>> users of BrailleNote family of products. Of course, if legality is >>> involved >>> (confidentiality), we the students will keep that in mind when using it. >>> Thank you for your considerations. Hope to hear your response about this >>> proposal. >>> Sincerely, >>> Joseph S. 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