Re: [orca-list] GUI Redesign or clearup and modernization

[Josh K <joshknnd1982 gmail com>]

at least some of the software in my comcast xfinity x1 box is open 
source. it told me by using the talking guide.

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On 9/10/2015 5:17 PM, B. Henry wrote:
> I'm not for rehab dollars to be directly spent in donations for all the reasons you've mentioned and probably 
> some others, but do think that gov does a
> roll to play supporting open source, and specifically improving universal accessability. Some of this should 
> be cross platform and some suporting
> os specific projects like nvda and orca.
> While I do not trust the government, anyone's gov to be in charge of what gets developed and what does not, 
> nor do I trust a free market that is
> actually non free in several senses to decide these things.
> I do not know what percentage of Freedom Scientific's market is selling to U.S. voc-rehab, nor which other 
> countries  buy how much software from them,
> but I doubt FS would be what it is with out gov dollars and pounds and who knows what other currencies.
> I am not saying that jaws is not the best tool for some users, nor that it's not the only tool that will work 
> for some of those folks.
> I do think it sad that many people can not even install a quality free product due to a limited understanding 
> of accessiblity/usability realities and
> overlly rigid security policies.
> If there was some kind of stamp of approval given to NVDA so that folks who could be more productive having 
> it along side of or even in place of jaws on
> a company computer....
> But this is OT, and I was not going to write more on this here, and apoligize in advance/will not continue 
> this conversation.
> There's far to much here to cover in one or three or 10 more emails, and I have counter arguments to half of 
> my own arguments that I think are at least
> partially valid.
>