I don't know where in the world you are, but talks is available with cingular for $200 phone included. Of course, you have to pay for the software, $200 outright then get back in a rebate. We've all seen the greate news about the osis on this list available for $200. If only more phones supported accessible archatectures and could the whole world please get on the same page when it comes to spectrum allocation for 3g? </rant> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorenzo Taylor" <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 12:19 AM Subject: Re: Text-To-Speech on Phones: Nuance Talks > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > <rant> > And all for the incredibly low price of only $295. So in order to have > a phone I can actually do more than just dial numbers on, not only do I > have to get one of the most expensive phones in the store, but I then > have to pay an additional $295. But the rest of the world gets their > phones for as little as ... ehhem ... free. Did somebody say ripoff? > Give me an open source screen reader for my phone. I mean someone is > actually developing a free open source screen reader for Winblows now. > Is it so hard to do it for the phone too? Hmm. Maybe I could get one > of those new Linux-powered phones. Maybe Speakup can work with it. > That would be very nice. I would have to get a more expensive phone, > but I would support free and open source software in the process. > </rant> > - -- > I've always found anomalies to be very relaxing. It's a curse. > - --Jadzia Dax: Star Trek Deep Space Nine (The Assignment) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFF6nMcG9IpekrhBfIRApd2AKCIZ5iFDGwgF2hoqAhCQDcNDgs5YwCeJ1qQ > j9j+aWBR+YwS7M0tUcGeeRc= > =bgZu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
