Re: XML is coming

[Jason White <jasonw ariel ucs unimelb edu au>]

Unfortunately, there exists no software today that can be run in the Linux
environment (or any other environment so far as I am aware) that can
process XML, XHTML, MathML and other emerging file formats, to produce
high-quality audio or braille output. The linux-braille project is
attempting to address the braille side of this issue, albeit slowly due to
lack of resources; but there is a real need for flexible, extensible, free
(open-source) software, perhaps operating as an adjunct to existing XML
tools or a web browser, that can realise the potential of the recently
established markup and style languages. As we have discussed before, the
main difficulty is lack of qualified and experienced developers who have
significant spare time available to undertake such projects, or whose work
can be funded adequately.