On 3/30/06, mo.valli at bt.com <mo.valli at bt.com> wrote: > All, > > Are there many of the above products available? Would appreciate a list. I must admit I didn't know of them until I listened to LARRY SKUTCHAN's podcast with Janina Sajka. There are two commercial text-to-speech applications for mobiles that I've heard of. The one I know most about is Talks, which runs on the Nokia series 60 range of phones. Actually it should run any Symbian platform I would guess. If you're in the UK and ask a mobile phone provider e.g. Vodafone for devices with text-to-speech, it's usually Talks they try to sell you. If you want to try it, there's a free time limited version available for download off the manufacturer's website: http://www.nuance.com/talks/ On the PDA side, our department has (or rather had: it was stolen at a conference) a Freedom Scientific PACmate PDA. Think of something the size of a standard qwerty keyboard with an iPAQ hidden inside. The display is replaced with Jaws text-to-speech software. It also has an optional Braille display that plugs into the front of the unit. The device has its problems: bulky, very expensive, and don't whatever you do, let the battery run flat. But it does work. Well, if you think Jaws works... The PACmate's web site is: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Bob Dodd Accessibility Research Centre University of Teesside United Kingdom