I understand, thats why nvda exists. I have seen pirated coppys of such things as screenreaders but have refused the temptation. I won't argue I have felt the urge. This is probably one reason why the opensource industry started. No copywrite or vary little. Its a comunity copywrite really. And most stuff is nicely put in something like creative commans or gpl. At 08:50 p.m. 23/05/2007, you wrote: >well, >not to open a flame about this, but, talking about other >blind-related software, they are really really really too expensive! >I do not talk about games, that cost maximum 40 euro. And, that, for >example, a user wanting to play a game, can use his/her money to buy >the game, instead of... buying cigarettes, or something else that is >damaging his health. >But what, in my opinion, is too expensive, are other kind of >softwares. Think about Jaws, Window-Eyes, Talks or MobileSpeak for >mobile phones, Sapi5 synths (such as Loquendo)... >Your discussion is valid for games, or small softwares (such as >VoiceEmotion or PowerGramo, the voip assistants), goldwave, sound >forge and so on >But you lie to yourself if you say that you wouldn't desire to have >free access to your computer or mobile phone, or, at least, to spend >less money! Not to have to spend the double price because we are >blind, for a device which is sold to sighted people with an accessible price >Yes, they could develop something free in that case, too. There is a >tool called NVDA for computers, and a Sapi5 called eSpeak, not high >quality but open source and free >but not for mobile phones >In general, I am against software piracy, as it damages the >alternative free or low-cost software, but I do not lie to myself: >most of softwares we NEED, are a real theft. >Think about what happened on eMule 2 years ago >An anonymous user, having the machine on 24 hours a day, started to >distribute a file called "nokia talks 2.xx IMEI key generator", which >just contained an executable wich, once launched, destroyed all >computer data: everything in hard disk, internal or external or >partitions, was removed >There is no possibility to get any proof on that, but many people >thought (and think) this comes from Nuance, Talks producer, but >writing this on the Internet, as there are no proof, could cause >problems. So, as we say in Italy, "incarta e porta a casa". That is, >literally translated, pack it and take it home. It means, take it as it is > > >_______________________________________________ >Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] >To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >any subscription changes via the web.
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