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Comment #1 posted on 2013-02-14T22:26:12Z by Jonathan Nadeau

Thank you

Hey Guys thanks for the kind right up. Thanks to all that have pledged and made this possible so far. HPR ROCKS!

Comment #2 posted on 2013-02-16T22:49:10Z by Jonathan Nadeau

update

I just wanted to let everyone know that we are down to only needing 851 more pledges!

Comment #3 posted on 2013-02-18T00:29:04Z by Jonathan Nadeau

update with the campaign

We are now down to needing 592 more pledges to meet the 1000 pledges at $5!

Comment #4 posted on 2013-02-18T17:02:59Z by davijordan

You should be able to get around having a monitor at boot time maybe with one of these.



http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?200444-DVI-to-VGA-Dummy.....56K!



http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=11

Comment #5 posted on 2013-02-20T07:32:25Z by William

Hmm

While listening I couldn't help but think it would be much easier for blind people to use a command prompt and lynx-like applications. Perhaps money would be better spend building text based apps for whatever it is that blind folks would like. A text based twitter client specialized for the disabled, stuff like that?



Tabbing through 2d laid out forms - is that really the best way to be doing this?



I'm not blind, but back in the day, I was able to use Windows 95 without a screen to do a few simple things, such as change screen resolution. And it's cool that people who do this a lot get really good at it, but most people shouldn't have to install so many times that they'd get really good at using a GUI without being able to see it.



Also on indiegogo the figure of 1 billion people with disabilities is mentioned. Are there really that many people disabled to the point where they need a special operating system? I admire the project and its goals, but is that not overstating the problem unnecessarily?



I apologize if this sounds harsh. I plan on donating and wish the project luck.

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