Naa you need a rapid infuser for that so you can obtain the e most bang especially while airborne because one achieves double-duty that way! <snicker!> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 2:34 AM Subject: Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster Oh, and while we're at it, I want it to have a little cup hole on the corner for my scotch on the rocks so I can drink and fly while I'm surfing! On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 03:39:37PM -0500, Amanda Lee wrote: > Yes and I want one which opens like a braille book which isn't heavy nor > too rigid that I can hold on my lap with perhaps a cable plugged into my > Notebook which is in its' airlines compliant case at my feet under the > seat in front of me. Actually, forget the fargin' cable, it shall be > wireless and shall receive the signal from my notebook to deliver the > goods which make me my page of braille so that I can sit comfortably in a > seat anywhere and read to my lil' heart's desire! > > LOL! LOL! some more! > > I still do want this you know! > > Amanda Lee > > > > On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > OK. Next problem! <grin> > > > > Full page braille displays have long been a kind of holy grail that we > > dream of and can't attain. As things stand, a single line display is > > horrendously expensive. > > > > We need a breakthrough. We need two breakthroughs, actually: > > > > 1.) Price. Anything we know today says this would go through the > > ceiling--tens of thousands of dollars, at least; > > > > 2.) Complexity. I don't know that we understand how to build anything > > this complicated and keep it controlled. Current single line displays are > > already very complicated, mechanically--which is why they're so expensive. > > > > My conclusion: Were we to make breakthroughs on the above two points we'd > > want a full page braille display before this kind of unit. > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
