Would you like to buy a vowel?

Princess Alice · 2013-01-15 09:32:52

No, of course I don't. What corporate nonsense is that? Vowels belong to Mother Nature, and they should be free for anyone to use. Vowels are a human right. No person should ever be denied a vowel because they can't afford to pay.

That's why I'm proud to announce the OpenVowel project: the world's first open-source vowels! Built on the public-domain Greek alphabet, OpenVowel hopes to provide production-quality vowels for everyday use, and will always be available free of charge.

Now, as this is only an alpha release, the only vowel currently available is α. Future releases will include vowels separate replacements for e, i, o, and u, but for now our developers recommend using α for everything. Majascule letters are also not supported at this time.

Click here to see OpenVowel in action, or check out the download links below!

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OpenVowel Alpha 1 (Windows, Mac, Linux)

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Corporal Forsythe · 2013-01-15 09:43:28

So what's the real deal with the letter Y

criminalscum · 2013-01-15 14:56:48

Free vowels? Next you'll be telling me to use public transportation.

I'll stink to my premium vowels, thank you very much.

Hexartes · 2013-01-15 15:42:26

ths s vry sll

Hexartes · 2013-01-15 15:42:43

vwls r fr nbs

Hexartes · 2013-01-15 15:42:56

wh nds vwls

Manly McMacho · 2013-01-15 16:01:32

αh cαntαα, α sα crαy

RocketRunner · 2013-01-16 13:13:53

Corporal Forsythe said:
So what's the real deal with the letter Y

I mean, Y does it exist?

glennmagusharvey · 2013-01-16 13:30:19

I am loving that license.

Manly McMacho · 2013-01-16 18:09:30

Misery · 2013-01-16 18:14:18

k

glennmagusharvey · 2013-01-16 19:44:32

> as this is only an alpha release, the only vowel currently available is α.

I only realized this just now and then noticed you already made note of it.

But it's still hilarious.

Viani · 2013-01-16 19:47:32

Let me guess, it's a knock off of OpenOffice?

WHICH IS ALREADY FREE?

glennmagusharvey · 2013-01-16 19:55:31

It's not outrageous until it uses a kickstarter to gauge interest.

Manly McMacho · 2013-01-16 20:03:48

Viani · 2013-01-16 20:04:13

wat x2

Princess Alice · 2013-01-16 23:49:24

glennmagusharvey said:
> as this is only an alpha release, the only vowel currently available is α.

I only realized this just now and then noticed you already made note of it.

But it's still hilarious.

Heh, that was one of those times where I couldn't tell if nobody got the joke or if everybody got the joke and just didn't say anything because it was so obvious.

Though in retrospect, the line you quoted comes pretty damn close to just explaining the joke outright >_<

Hexartes · 2013-01-16 23:50:26

wait a minute

OOOOOOH I GEDDIT

Manly McMacho · 2013-01-16 23:51:35

^lol

Princess Alice · 2016-02-28 05:37:34

it's a shame this project died due to lack of funding

Princess Alice · 2017-07-03 03:07:53

bump

DYRE · 2017-07-03 03:10:16

Sometimes you just gotta splurge on a nice vowel even if you don't really need it, y'know?

Sredni Vashtar · 2017-07-03 03:13:47

Cønspîcüōús cönsùmptïœn įs mŷ fåvõūrìtė pæstímë.

Bee · 2017-07-03 04:08:03

glennmagusharvey said:
I am loving that license.

That is a real license by the way. One I had to ask our legal team to put in the system in the thing they use to track our third party tools and possible license interference, and that they eventually had to mention in a presentation to our R&D.

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