Hello Bill. I assume you're talking about an update to CT 8? Jean Visitez mon site / Visit my site at http://www.studiomontebello.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dancing Dots" <billlist1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:26 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: What's Going On With CT? > Dear All, > > We are on track to announce a release of CakeTalking within a week. We plan > to ship that release by end of the month. I will post details in a few > days. Until I do, I won't give any further specifics. > > I am sorry if some of you are feeling neglected because I have not discussed > details of ongoing development publicly. Anyone who is in this business > will tell you that it's not a good policy to discuss features under > development for a number of reasons. For one thing, sometimes development > for a particular feature fails. It would not be fair or prudent to promise > something that we ultimately could not deliver. > > As many of you know, Dancing Dots is the exclusive distributor for > CakeTalking for SONAR, a product developed by David Pinto. David is an > independent developer who does not work for Dancing Dots as an employee or > as a consultant. When David creates and tests something that I believe is > ready for sale, I will help him to sell it. Just like that popular > commercial over here with the man who tells us that his company "will sell > no wine before it's time" neither will we release something before it's been > fully tested and the relevant information can be included in CakeTalking's > tutorial documents and online help. That being said, I am seriously > considering the option of offering prerelease test builds for future > releases of CakeTalking to customers who understand the potential risks of > using something that has not been fully tested yet. > > Even if you don't use CakeTalking, you can probably guess the answer to the > following question: Is CakeTalking perfect? Of course not. Is any piece of > software? But, in the end, the question is: does CakeTalking offer > significant value because of the ease of access it affords blind users and > because of the usefulness of the hundreds of pages of detailed tutorial > information and the handy online help it includes. I'm happy to report that > our sales numbers indicate that the answer to that question for a sizeable > number of people is still a resounding "Yes". Of course, there are > alternatives which, as Phil pointed out, is a good thing for blind people. > (Since I know that you can't see me I will tell you that, before writing > that last sentence, I put on my blind-guy hat). Actually, I put my > blind-guy hat right on top of my business-owner hat. :) > > Let me assure Blue Wings, Phil Muir, and anyone else who may have any doubts > that I personally am as committed as ever to developing, adapting, marketing > and supporting technology to benefit blind musicians. Are all of our > customers happy about what we do all of the time? Or, for those of you who > run your own business, are all of your customers happy about what you do all > of the time? I think you can guess the answer to that one too. After 17 > years in business, what I can say is that my skin continues to grow even > thicker. Still, I know that I am blessed to run a business that helps so > many people and provides for my family at the same time. > > OK, as the saying goes, watch this space for more details soon. And let me > be the first to wish you a very merry Christmas! > > Regards from Dancing Dots, > Bill > > > Bill McCann > Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992 > www.DancingDots.com > Tel: [001] 610-783-6692 > > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, > click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq