Hello list My homble opinion towards a future notetaker is a mobile phone or pda. At the moment I have a beta machine ( ipaq with gprs, gsm and gps) It talks to me and I can give it some simple commands. It also tells me what bus is coming or what route to take. Basically any www information can be added to it.. At the moment the accuracy is around 15 meters but in couple of years in around one meter and at that time ipaq will be a size of a mobile phone. One thing that could be very interesting is to add a elastic braille keyboard into in or actually somewhere your clothes. Ok got bit excited. Mikko On Wednesday 23 April 2003 19:33, Patrick Turnage wrote: > Ya that's my big thing battery life. > I think those devices Pacmate and BrailleNote could be made to work with > Linux if someone wanted to risk having theirs perminately messed up. > Because of the cost of these devices no one is jumping at the opportunity.. > sincerely, > Patrick > > At 11:06 AM 4/23/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >I'm with Darrell on this one. > >Laptops just don't have the battery life the specialized devices do... > > > >Tommy > > > >On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 07:50:51AM -0700, Darrell Shandrow wrote: > >> Hi Lorenzo, > >> > >> A smaller device such as a note taker can provide much better battery > >> life than any laptop. I use my BrailleNote for taking notes in class, > >> and it lasts just about two weeks on a charge! > >> > >> Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! > >> Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! > >> A+, CCNA, Network+! > >> Check out high quality telecommunications services at > >> http://ld.net/?nu7i All the best to coalition forces carrying out > >> Operation Iraqi Freedom! ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Lorenzo Prince" <lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net> > >> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > >> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 7:20 AM > >> Subject: Re: Linux note taker > >> > >> > Actually, a laptop is usually a better notetaker than anything that > >> > these money-hungry companies are offering. A simple braille 'n speak > >> > is $1395. I psid $809 for a fairly laptop and put linux on it using > >> > speakup when I want to use hardware speech, and yasr when I don't want > >> > to carry > > around my > > >> > dectalk. And I am getting $200 more off that. In my opinion, > >> > notetakers for the blind are greately overpriced, and laptops that run > >> > Linux are a much more cost-effective choice. > >> > > >> > Lorenzo > >> > > >> > Sigh. I like to think it's just the Linux people who want to be on > >> > the "leading edge" so bad they walk right off the precipice. > >> > -- Craig E. Groeschel > >> > > >> > David Poehlman staggered into view and mumbled: > >> > > you cannot install linux on it. > >> > > > >> > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > > From: "Darragh" <darraghoheiligh at eircom.net> > >> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > >> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 9:42 AM > >> > > Subject: RE: Linux note taker > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > If they weren't so expensive, I'd love to try messing around with a > >> > > Pac > >> > >> Mate > >> > >> > > from Freedom Scientific to see how viable it would be to install > >> > > Linux > >> > >> onto > >> > >> > > it. > >> > > -----Original Message----- > >> > > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > >> > >> [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On > >> > >> > > Behalf Of Angelo Sonnesso > >> > > Sent: 23 April 2003 14:22 > >> > > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >> > > Subject: linux notetaker > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Does anyone know about notetakers for Linux? > >> > > How about pocket devices? > >> > > Thanks > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > 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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > ----- > Patrick Turnage > E-mail: pturnage at tampabay.rr.com > AOL Instant Messenger: kg4dqk > Home Page: > http://www.access-connect.com > Connecting the world to access technology information. > For all mainstream and adaptive hardware and software. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Mr. Mikko Liukko email mikko.liukko at iwn.fi mobile +35850 59 434 66 Man so great inventing machines, so stupid in living.
