Linux note taker

[Tommy Moore]

I'm with Darrell on this one.
Laptops just don't have the battery life the specialized devices do...

Tommy

On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 07:50:51AM -0700, Darrell Shandrow wrote:
> Hi Lorenzo,
> 
> A smaller device such as a note taker can provide much better battery life
> than any laptop.  I use my BrailleNote for taking notes in class, and it
> lasts just about two weeks on a charge!
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lorenzo Prince" <lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 7:20 AM
> Subject: Re: Linux note taker
> 
> 
> > 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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