[gui-talk] Which companies should I contact?

[Steve Jacobson]

James,

This reinforces my original feeling that you will have to contact companies that produce the word processors and 
publishing software, won't you?  I don't see the mystery there.  Even Kurzweil won't help you that much if you want to 
get back to where documents are created.  Open Office is being used more to create documents, and it is open source, 
so that might provide a proof of concept.  You will have to be specific as to how your product will integrate with other 
products.  Open Office has a web site that you could access at 

http://www.openoffice.org

This Word Processor is not widely used by blind persons yet has accessibility has been an issue in the past, but it can 
produce a number of document formats and might be a place to see what documents look like when using your 
process.  In addition, it might provide you with a way to see what sort of pain there is to integrate.

Thanks for writing and good luck.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:00:30 -0600, James Pepper wrote:

>Thanks Steve:
>I think this discussion is great because it opens up the process to me and
>leads me into new directions.  My format is intended for sighted people for
>now to make content accessible as they are making the content and I have a
>page layout program to do this. It is also for people converting content.
>Eventually it can be made for blind people to do the same work but that is
>down the road.

>But I wanted to integrate it into  programs so that everyone can lay out the
>content for accessibility without realizing they are making their content
>accessible.  They are just making content, that way we can get content out
>there faster than having to fix things after the fact!

>Knowing which companies are out there and what they specialize in is very
>helpful.  This is the type of information I need.  It also is giving me
>ideas on how to apply it in other situations.

>There are several critical problems that I addressed that are not being
>addressed now.  The methods I used to fix these problems would work in
>different computer languages.

>No I didn't think I would affect their sales immediately and your statement
>made me think of ways to help them with their products now.

>So I will contact those companies and see what they think!

>Sincerely,

>James
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