-----Original Message----- From: Josh Kennedy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 4:11 PM To: Joseph Lee Subject: Re: [Braillenote] this list?
why don't companies just give up their proprietary this is my property garbage and follow google's business model? if humanware isn't careful its braille-note will go the way of the dinosaur. Josh Kennedy [email protected] On Sep 8, 2010, at 7:08 PM, Joseph Lee wrote: > Hi, > The process of transitioning to netbooks has already started, with people > saying (and I agree) that notetakers would be the relic of past in a while. > The introduction of 64-bit embedded systems would further complicate > matters, as it would add confusion on defining limits of embedded systems > versus general-purpose computers. > As for HW taking legal action against Vinux community, I don't think so. > Although the button labels are the same, I'd say companies are looking for > possible violation of their source code instead of interface elements - as > you may know, source code is the real heart of execution and presentation of > algorithms. > Cheers, > Joseph > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Josh Kennedy [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 4:04 PM > To: Joseph Lee > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] this list? > > Hi > I wonder if just by listening to keynote and infovox230 speech if ESpeak > could be modified kind of by ear so to speak? there has to be some way to > get keynote working with linux and windows7. besides if apple and linux have > their way apple plus linux plus netbooks will make braillenotes outdated > things within the next decade. > > Josh Kennedy > [email protected] > > > On Sep 8, 2010, at 6:54 PM, Joseph Lee wrote: > >> Hi Josh and list, >> My opinions again... >> It's not alex - it's the company itself. So much has changed since 1.15 of >> KNGMM. The algorithms may be the same under KeySoft 9.02.756, but the >> effects of function calls has shifted to favor embedded systems >> architecture. Although the processing power of embedded CPU's is > approaching >> that of regular computers, the core concept behind its creation and target >> users hasn't changed - including core target of KeySoft's algorithms. In > my >> thinking and based on experience creating linked lists (in C++), just >> believing that old code would work on newer standards would not work - > this >> is the reason for our hope of optimization to modern architectures. >> According to an ex-KeySoft developer, it would be somewhat of a difficult >> task for doing this project, seeing that times have changed and >> technicalities of porting is not easy. Just my thoughts. >> Cheers, >> Joseph >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Josh Kennedy [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 2:39 PM >> To: Joseph Lee >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] this list? >> >> Hi >> would it be ok or could they give me a full version of keysoft for > windows95 >> and keynote multimedia for windows95 then? if we could borrow parts from >> keynote multimedia and infovox230 and incorporate them into espeak espeak >> would be a much better synthesizer. is alex beck afraid of open source or >> something? lets say I were a programmer and made something that looked > like >> keysoft and it ran in windows7 and linux. humanware's gunna come after me? >> this proprietary stuff is a bunch of krap in my opinion. humanware should >> just adopt the business model of google android and Linux. well maybe >> someone out there will defy humanware's wishes and make an open source > clone >> of keysoft and it will run on Linux and windows7 and then they will make > an >> open source keynote multimedia merge it with espeak and merge infovox230 >> with espeak as wel. Well one thing for sure I won't buy from humanware >> again. the darn company won't even register the windows95 demos that I do >> haveOk I think I will find volunteers to make an open source keysoft clone >> or I'll try my best. but I won't call it keysoft. >> I'll call it caysoft. Cay is a low sandy island or something like > according >> to the dictionary. >> Cay-tts will be its speech. well maybe we could do this. Lets make > caysoft. >> we'll keep the original espeak. we'll modify espeak merge keynote and >> infovox230 into it making espeak better. we'll then call the result > cay-tts. >> >> caysoft version 1. main menu. >> cayword menu >> cayplan >> caylist >> cayterm >> cayCalc >> instead of saying spelling checker menu it'll say spell-check menu and > we'll >> change some other stuff maybe control g to read instead of alt key to read >> it'll be control g. I want to tell humanware this. if I were a programmer, > I >> think I know enough about keysoft's interface that if I were a programmer >> I'm sure I could make an open source keysoft clone. so the question is > will >> humanware, with their greed, force me to round up volunteers to make > caysoft >> and cay-tts? this will mean the volunteers will have to at least decompile >> keynote multimedia somehow. or will humanware register my windows95 demos? >> humanware is in my opinion greedy they don't like to share. everything's >> mine its my property its my keysoft. Humanware, keep your hands off of > Vinux >> its free open source lets keep it that way. if I want sendero I'll get a >> windows mobile phone off ebay and get mobilespeak and codefactory's gps > its >> cheaper than a braillenote with gps. Then also caysoft and cay-tts will be >> multiplatform free open source. >> >> Josh Kennedy >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Sep 8, 2010, at 5:07 PM, Joseph Lee wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> They do - not on the surface. Alex Bec did told me he did see your >>> proposaland says it cannot be done since KeySoft is the property of >>> HumanWare. >>> Cheers, >>> Joseph >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Kennedy >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 2:03 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [Braillenote] this list? >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> does humanware monitor this braillenote list at all? if so they will >> surely >>> see the messages and my podcast won't they? maybe humanware will help us >>> out? >>> >>> Josh Kennedy >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >>> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >>> copy to the list as well. >>> >>> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>> [email protected] >>> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >>> >> > > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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