Thanks, Deedra. I'm really glad to see this post from you. I just wrote the same think in response to Darragh, and then I read your message. Needless to say, I agree fully with your friend. I think they do themselves a disservice by marketing too narrowly. Deedra Waters writes: > From: Deedra Waters <dmwaters at gentoo.org> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Janina, > > I remember seeing an article on this phone about two months ago. One of my fellow freenode staffers pointed it out and said "this looks cool, I want one of those" and he can see. > > - From what I gather, it's something that can benifit more then just blind people.:) > > > On Thu, 25 Dec 2003, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > OK. I thought I should wish a little here. > > > > I saw the wireless handset I want to get in 2004 while attending > > TechShare in the U.K. this past November. You can read about this phone > > at: > > > > http://www.owasys.com > > > > * It is supposed to be available in Spain now, and in the U.K. > > * soon. > > > > * It is supposed to be available in the U.S. sometime in 2004. I > > * may wait. > > > > This phone has no screen. It's 100% designed to be used without sight. > > And, it runs our favorite OS. > > > > > > > > - -- > Gentoo Linux: Gentoo infrastructure, dmwaters at gentoo.org, > http://www.gentoo.org > > Freenode staff member: dmwaters at freenode.net , http://www.freenode.net > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/6zI0U5AGPOTGNc8RAr2xAJ9HcXuy/5MpLEQgmA8rFhxGOvO/kQCeN4CO > Z0Sn47jTrI1PahH1JghjQE0= > =U1oY > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina at rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org
