Hi. >From the ifno on the uxdots site, it sounds as if it may be more advanced than speakup as far as cursor and highlight or screen attributes are concerned. but this is just from the ifno fromt he site. I tried to download the demo of uxdots, but the link doesn't work. phil On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 02:28:42PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > True, but that's all the more reason for a speech only version. Why force > people to take the form factor plus the braille, when they can't afford > the price? I know braille is the only medium most European blind folk care > about, but I'm asking from the U.S. perspective. > > Now, my second point -- What about the included speech? Is it truely > UXDOTS? If so, why? Speakup is free, and UXDOTS isn't. So, what's the > advantage to the user? > On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Tommy Craig wrote: > > > Well I suppose the same way that every Braille display manufacturer does. > > Braille cost a lot to make. Your response makes it sound as if the ELBA is > > tremendously more expensive than the BrailleNote or the BrailleLite. It > > isn't. I think the price is very competitive, especially since it offers a > > lot more than either one of the other devices. > > Tommy > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > Learn how to make accessible software at > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list