Yes, yes. Very important. Thanks for reminding us of this device. I believe the intended audience was people with few economic means and also people with poor or nonexistant literacy skills. Devices like this have enormous potential to reach people who are not yet benefiting from information technology. They will also have an important role in increasing literacy and employability, particularly in areas like south Asia, Africa, and South America (to say nothing of some native Indian areas of the U.S., etc). The important point, though, is that the price of technology is not ordained, and it should and can come down. It is generally expected that computers will become a throw away item in a few decades. I hope no one here thinks that doesn't apply to their computers, because it does. On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Ari Moisio wrote: > Janina Sajka 13.11.01: > > >Don't know of a Korean (or any Asian) device aimed at blind users. Do you > >know any more? > > There is Simputer project, > http://www.simputer.org > > Not designed for blind users but designed to be cheap, below $200 and > has build-in tts. Some work is required before it could be used by > blind users: some kind of tactile keyboard on the touch-screen and new > user interface but the hardware is there. > > Running LInux, of course:-> > > > -- 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