As far as I know Raman is not on this list. Raman doesn't particularly care for screen readers. Since he's the author of emacspeak, he certainly is well covered as far as options go. In any case, you can learn more about him, at least at: WWW: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/raman/ On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Kyle Zdanowski wrote: > Hello > > I am new to this list, so I don't know who Raman IS. I guess he is a member > of this list. If so then would Raman please send me an email about his > progress with running emacspeak on an Ipaq with ViaVoice. > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Kirk Wood > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 3:10 PM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: Can SPEAKUP run on an IIPAQ? > > > On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Janina Sajka wrote: > > I believe Raman is playing with emacspeak on an Ipaq with ViaVoice. Yes, > > compaq does seem to have Ipaq's with linux, and yes, you can connect a > > cable. Don't know about connecting a synth, though, and therein lies the > > problem. It adds up to too many umbilicals--one for the keyboard and one > > for the synth? No thanks--at that rate, I'll just take a computer. > > Now here is the diliemma when talking about an IPAQ. There are two > distinct platforms. One of these is the handheld. The other is a mini > tower. The mini tower is a somewhat normal computer in a cute case with no > floppy or CD by default. It has support for floppy and CD in a hot swap > bay very much like a laptop. It is available either "legacy free" with no > serial or parallel ports or in a "legacy" version which has 2 serial and a > parallel. The handheld has a USB connector. They have a sleeve that is > available that allows you to use a Type 1 pcmcia card. > > Now if this sounds confusing, I will assure you it is. My company recently > deployed close to 30 of the desktop units and 7 handhelds in a medical > clinic. We have been deploying the desktop units for some time and now we > have some good confusion because both are IPAQs. What really makes it fun > is that a good number of people don't realize that both have the same > name. I am sure the same people came up with this scheme that decided that > the ballpark the Texas Rangers play in should be named: > The Ballpark (in Arlington). > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
