Great! Can you share the name of the developers, or is that part of the NDA?
Do you know what kind of price they plan to set? Soundscape was a fine app and I know Microsoft isn't making all that is needed open source, so I would be surprised if an independent developer will be able to make it free. Thanks, Richard, USA. “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” -- Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe My web site: https://www.turner42.com -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Lyne Sent: Monday, May 29, 2023 9:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Soundscape back soon Hi Richard, I am the source! I already downloaded the bettaapp from the developers. Sounds good? Lyne > Le 29 mai 2023 à 12:07, Richard Turner <richardr_tur...@comcast.net> a écrit : > > I some how missed the first message in this thread from Lyne stating > SoundScape could be back in July. My question is, and this is always my > question with statements like this, what is the source for saying it will be > back? > > Without a reliable source, this is just a useless rumor. > > > > > Richard, USA. > “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch > with it.” -- Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the > Universe > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Ben Mustill-Rose > Sent: Monday, May 29, 2023 8:34 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Soundscape back soon > > Best of luck, but I'll believe it when I see it: > > - Not all of the project has been opensourced, so the maintainer will either > have to release an incomplete offering or handle all the fun politics around > integrating a new data provider to patch up the gaps. > - As supplied, the infrastructure can't be spun up without modification. > - If the maintainer sticks with Azure or some other cloud provider I reckon > you're easily looking at mid 4 figures a year, just on hosting the backend. > > I think part of the problem here is that (in the UK at least) there really > aren't that many blindness organizations big enough to take on the commitment > of maintaining something like this, let alone that have the knowledge to do > it properly. Obviously one solution to this is to just buy the skills in, but > just to spin up a small iOS dev team you'd be looking at £300-350K in salary > a year, not including all the additional costs of employing them. Such a > shame. > >> On 5/29/23, Lyne <l.d.ethie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello group, >> >> If things go well, Soundscape should be back in AppStore around July. >> >> >> Lyne >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V >> iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. 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