hi Deon and all, you might be interested to know that we have a freeware screen reader, in Italian, which you can download from www.winguido.it it is a screen reader and a powerful tool for beginners. you may contact its author for an English translation. cheers Antonio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deon Toerien" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 8:14 AM Subject: Open Source Screen Reader for Windows > Hi, > > I have an open source sreen reader project (in it's infant stages), that I'd > like to expose to the group. My reason for developing this is that in South > Africa (where I'm located) screen readers cost about $2500 - $2800, which > amounts to up to R20 000. A lot for a sole bread-winner. I then started to > develop this screen reader for my sight disabled wife, and decided that it's > time to force the "big guns" to bring down their prices by given a cheap > (free) alternative, that doesn't necessarily work as well, but is enough to > get by. More developers working on this could sort out some of the bugs a > lot quicker, and could also mean a more advanced application in a shorter > time span. Because I've gotta earn an income to sustain both myself and my > wife, I can't spend a lot of time on the development, but any comments (or > help coding) the group can provide will be appreciated. > > So how do I expose the group to this open source project? > > Regards, > > <<...OLE_Obj...>> > Deon Toerien > Consultant > Genox > Suite 2 > 1st Floor > 80 Strand Street > Cape Town > 8000 > *+27 (021) 421 6616 > *+27 (021) 421 6617 > PS: I'm doing this in my private capacity (not as a employee of Genox), but > with the knowledge of Genox.