Is there any howtos on how one might do something like this? I suppose CE is in the rom. Linuxce would be a solution, if you could install it and get something going on it, qwerty keyboards only, but it sounds cool. The speech won't function, but maybe with a dectalk express, natively supported by speakup, the serial port may be initialized, and my pcmcia modem from my laptop could be put in the slot, definitely worked in debian. At 11:33 AM 11/15/01 -0500, you wrote: >As it happens, the Braille Note is built around the MIPS chip which is >supported by linux, so the answer is "yes," that would be possible. > >As a matter of fact, this is a more timely question than may first meet >the ... ahem ... ear? <grin> > >The Braille Note runs Win CE, but Microsoft will no longer support MIPS >clients with it's Win CE OS. Therefore, Pulse Data, the Braille Note's >manufacturer finds itself dumped like a spurned lover. They have no >tomorrow to look forward to with Microsoft. I have been suggesting they >consider going with linux, now that their future is so up in the air. > > On >Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Brent Harding wrote: > >> Wow, the linux is probably in some kind of rom that's unchangable so if you >> trash it you have something to come back to. Wonder if you could get linux >> on a braille note? >> At 01:55 PM 11/14/01 -0500, you wrote: >> >Of course it would. If it is supported in linux, it'll run wherever you >> >have linux--with the appropriate support modules installed, of course. We >> >don't know, for example, how complete the Papenmeier linux installation >> >is. For example, I would rather doubt they've installed gnome and kde, but >> >I've been wrong before. >> > On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Brent Harding wrote: >> > >> >> Wow, would that likely work in the system's linux support? My laptop isn't >> >> working real good for audio, as the dectalk feeds an overtone in to the >> >> system whenever it's port is accessed, even when pulling the cable out and >> >> all. The port must be giving the noise. >> >> At 09:52 AM 11/14/01 -0500, you wrote: >> >> >I don't mind the lack of line in. For serious audio work you'd want to >> use >> >> >the pcm slot with a device like the RME Hammerfalls DSP. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Tommy Craig wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> Yes you can use your own software. As for line in and out, It definately >> >> has >> >> >> line out. I don't believe that it has line in. It does have a built in >> >> >> microphone. >> >> >> 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? 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