Hi Glen, I am tired of paying a fortune for everything in the computer world to make it work for me with speech. I feel that every blind person should be able to buy a off the shelf item and put their slection of screen reader software on it, weather its a store bought voice software or a free download. I just found this website check it out: http://www.handhelds.org John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Ervin@Home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> To: <bob.dodd at acm.org>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 8:57 PM Subject: Re: linux pda for the blind > The price tag on the pac mate is why, I believe, that so many think it would > be nice to have something like SpeakUp running on an off the shelf P D A. > Me included. > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Dodd" <Bob.Dodd at rocketmail.com> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 4:47 AM > Subject: Re: linux pda for the blind > > > Well, it's not a Linux PDA, but Sight & Sound are selling a modified > IPAQ running Jaws. They have removed the screen completely, and > packaged the whole thing inside a plastic case with qwerty keyboard. > The case also takes a braille display. Jaws has been modified specially > for the IPAQ to get around the lack of keyboard shotcuts on PocketPC. > The product is called a Pacmate I think. > > It's pricy mind you: ?1,700 basic, ?2,800 with Braille display. That > includes the cot of Jaws of course, which goes a long way to explain > the price... > > /bob > > > --- John <john.ja at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am brand new to linux. I am trying to find a way to use a off the > > shelf linux pda. Is there a way to install something like emacspeak > > and dectalk express on it? I see many new linux pda comming out for > > the sighted and want to figure out how a blind person can use them > > with talking software. I am looking for some good direction to be > > pointed to or any suggestions from this mailing list. > > > > thank you > > John > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > _______________________________________________ > 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
