Steve: Marc is doing his own voicing using Eloquence by default, with options for DEC Talk or Cepstral available for an extra charge not yet determined. In other words, he's not a screen reader and is instead far closer to the Emacspeak "audio desktop" approach. But, you do get to go to a shell prompt on the Icon and roll whatever you can roll of your own there. I should caution that his processor is integer only, though. Janina Steve Holmes writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > I wonder how he got Firefox to talk? I love Firefox in windows and would > love to somehow implement it with Linux. I figured you had to run it in > X under gnome accessibility or something. Is that indeed the case? > I'll bet that PDA would be fun with Speakup too:). > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 12:54:16PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Yes, Larry, I probably should just tell people that blindcooltech.com is > > just a really cool place to get all kinds of useful tech info for folks > > who are blind. > > > > I was going to post the Screenless Phone interview you did with me on > > our web site--just haven't gotten that done yet. We've been busy moving > > our phones. But it was sure fun talking about the phone with you over > > breakfast! <grin> > > > > LARRY SKUTCHAN writes: > > > Probably, you should give the www.blindcooltech.com address, too, so > > > people could see what else is available, like the Breakfast with Janina > > > show. > > > > > > > > > >>> janina at rednote.net Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:36:29 AM >>> > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > > > > > - -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEKtX9WSjv55S0LfERA5fVAJ0Q2w+k74SWo7aLf+F6cD3J0WbK1wCdGpx0 > FvQsaMYbPkycUtW1h2ULToA= > =tHuD > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- 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
