Just to note that I had the oppertunity of taking a good look at this during CSun and I was very impressed. Marco is a great programmer and it really shows in some of his latest developments such as this and previously Orca. I'd encourage you all to take a look. -----Original message----- From: Janina Sajka janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:36:49 +0100 To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: New Linux PDA For Blind People > A radically new concept in adapted PDA technology was shown in prototype > during CSUN. Designed from the ground up to serve users who are blind or > visually impaired, the hand-held Icon from Levelstar (a new company in > AT) provides a 20 Gb hard drive, Firefox, email, integrated Book Share > access,calendar, address book, one touch audio recording, and a music > player. When docked a full size keyboard facilitates word processing > tasks. The hand-held device includes WiFi, GSM telephone, GPS, and > BlueTooth. > > There are two podcasts demonstrating this device at: > > http://blindcooltech.xplorations.net/bct481BreakfastWithMarc.mp3 > http://blindcooltech.xplorations.net/bct482IconDemo.mp3 > > > -- > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272 > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
