Linux note taker

[Mike Arrigo]

I think there is a note taker that uses linux, it's called the elba. The one
advantage is that it has a braille display, but of course, this makes it
more expensive.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lorenzo Prince" <lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 9:20 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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