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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Some agent history?Re: Some agent history?
From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:17:22 +0100 Tom G wrote: > One question I have that I do not see on the web site is why Rockbox was > started. Can anyone shed some light on that for me? Basically it was started for two reasons: 1) Fun 2) The original firmware was crappy > Also, what was the impetus for adding accessibility features like spoken > filename/directories/menus? I have a special interest in that since I > am visually impaired? As far as I can remember, the original idea was to make it easier to operate it without looking, e.g while driving a car, but that it also could be useful "for handicapped people". See this post from Jörg back in 2004: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2004-02/0565.shtml Linus Received on 2007-11-26 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |