PDA hardware

[Janina Sajka]

Well, I would agree about reading books. But, it should be the new
NISO/Daisy standard -- which is an XML DTD (see http://www.daisy.org).

So far, the only software players specifically for NISO/Daisy are in
Windows--but that has to change! <grin> If someone wants to start working
on a Linux NISO/Daisy reader, I might be able to get some advance material
to test with. Production books will begin rolling later this year on CD
ROM. In Sweden, it'll be over the Internet, by the way.

PS: The NISO/Daisy protocols support both text and recorded audio. Both
and as well as either one or the other.

I realize that the audio part of a NISO/Daisy book raises storage
issues. Let's just leave it at that for now! <grin>


				Janina Sajka, Director
				Information Systems Research & Development
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

janina at afb.net


On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Bart Bunting wrote:

> 
> another use I'd have for a pda, and this one may also be taken as a
> given.
> 
> to read books, something along the lines of the roadrunner.  e.g. read
> books on the train etc.
> 
> The problem as I see it with most of the pda devices specifically
> designed for blind people so far is that they are too specialised,
> they only offer half the functionallity and you need two or three of
> them to get everything you want, but then you end up with three little
> boxes you are carying arround.  arg!!!
> 
> It would be great to combine them all into one device.
> Bart
> 
> 
> Buddy Brannan writes:
>  > I should think we'd be able to have either a modem or ethernet, but...who
>  > knows? I kinda half thought that telnet or ssh would be a given. Haven't
>  > tried any term programs, minicom has me a bit baffled. ...
>  > 
>  > 
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