Hi There's also Pocket HAL for standard PDA's. Gena >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 > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
