Linux note taker

[Lorenzo Prince]

Actually, a laptop is usually a better notetaker than anything that these
money-hungry companies are offering.  A simple braille 'n speak is $1395.
I psid $809 for a fairly laptop and put linux on it using speakup when I
want to use hardware speech, and yasr when I don't want to carry around my
dectalk.  And I am getting $200 more off that.  In my opinion, notetakers
for the blind are greately overpriced, and laptops that run Linux are a
much more cost-effective choice.

Lorenzo

Sigh.  I like to think it's just the Linux people who want to be on
the "leading edge" so bad they walk right off the precipice.
	-- Craig E. Groeschel

David Poehlman staggered into view and mumbled:

> you cannot install linux on it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darragh" <darraghoheiligh at eircom.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 9:42 AM
> Subject: RE: Linux note taker
>
>
> If they weren't so expensive, I'd love to try messing around with a Pac Mate
> from Freedom Scientific to see how viable it would be to install Linux onto
> it.
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On
> Behalf Of Angelo Sonnesso
>   Sent: 23 April 2003 14:22
>   To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>   Subject: linux notetaker
>
>
>   Does anyone know about notetakers for Linux?
>   How about pocket devices?
>   Thanks
>
>
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