Hello, Isn't Android an overlay of Google code on Linux? So, Android is Linux, but Google hides the Linux it operates on. My reason to explore tablets is battery life and small size in a nice package. It also pleases me to sidestep MS products. I am pretty green in the Linux area, but tablets are running ARM processors, which is different hardware and it may be that some Linux programs will need to be adapted. There seems to be a lot of movement on the tablet platform which can only be good for mobile blind users. Speakup apparently can be placed in the ARM Linux OS, so if the bluetooth keyboard can operate on the command line, this would be useful indeed. The size of a tablet and keyboard is still smaller than a netbook and the battery life of the tablet is much longer. The keyboard battery life is unknown to me, but it seems that the keyboard isn't using much power, but the bluetooth RF does and maybe a USB keyboard is better for longer run time. I am still struck by the lack of native speech output from all Linux OS systems. It would be like leaving out video support. What does it really take to embed native speech support? Yes, that was a rhetorical question. Smile. Scott On 3/21/2013 11:57 PM, Jason White wrote: > Kirk Reiser <speakup at linux-speakup.org> wrote: > >> It is theoretically possible to compile and run speakup on any of the >> Android phones. The problem is how to handle the imput. Without >> being able to have reliable input, there's no way I can think of using >> the screen review facilities of speakup. > A bluetooth keyboard would solve the input problem, but at the cost of > carrying an extra device, as would a braille display with braille input (but > this isn't the BRLTTY list so I won't pursue that possibility here, other than > to note that I'm tempted to buy such a display for just this purpose). > > Apparently, some Linux distributions can be installed alongside Android on > certain devices, but I'm not familiar with the details. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- Scott D. Henning Architectural Audio Design PO Box 1372 Durango, Colorado 81302
