Ang: [oats-sig] 'Open source' urged for TB drug designeffort + Blissymbolics

+1 too... I'm interested in the iconography/pictography issues - are there
any good review papers you know of for this Andrew?  Er, I think you owe me
a Knighthood too, since I think I know someone just under 30 who knows
(though doesn't use!) Bliss! That said, I don't want a knighthood, so can
you swap it for a beer?! (-;

Cheers.

Simon

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Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:19 AM
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Subject: Re: Re: Ang: [oats-sig] 'Open source' urged for TB drug
designeffort + Blissymbolics

especially in countries where commercial systems such as PCS and Rebus have
not yet got too entrenched.  Of course that does cut out the UK (find me a
Bliss user under the age of 30 and I'll give you a knighthood!) and a number
of Western European/North American countries but elsewhere where AAC is
still relatively immature or where no symbol libraries are established,
Bliss, properly promoted and well-supported can still do well (and is doing
well, for example in Eastern Europe).  And of course Bliss is the only true
AAC language (being elementally based) as opposed to the others that are
pictographic vocabularies.

Andrew

At 10:49 28/11/2007, you wrote:

	On 28/11/2007, mats.lundalv at vgregion.se <mats.lundalv at vgregion.se>
wrote:
	>I'm convinced that a clear, decisive and well promoted
	> release of Blissymbolics as a free resource today could generate
the good
	> will and spirit that could (again) make Blissymbolics a relevant
alternative
	> in more countries, as well as generating more voluntary economic
support -
	> from both commercial, public and individual sources.

	+1

	Steve Lee

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