Linux note taker

Thomas D. Ward tward1978 at earthlink.net
Sat Apr 26 13:00:29 EDT 2003


Yeah. They definately are up there in price.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: Linux note taker


> I neglected to mention that I'm speaking of the Packmate this time, and
> not the Braille Note. Different company, obviously. Hopefully more
> helpful about specs.
> 
> I believe these units sell for around $2.5K retail. I'm insisting that a
> Linux version should have some price shaved off. However, it's likely
> that won't be much as the OS componant of the price isn't much.
> 
> There. Now the cat is out of the bag. But, let's not start counting
> kittens, OK, kiddies?
> 
> Janina Sajka writes:
> > From: Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net>
> > 
> > I'll get the specs and report back.
> > 
> > Hopefully, this offer won't disolve the way the last one did. What's
> > that old saw about once burned, twice shy?
> > 
> > Kirk Reiser writes:
> > > From: Kirk Reiser <kirk at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > 
> > > Okay, call me stupid and lazy.  What are the specs of a Packmate and
> > > how much do they sell for?
> > > 
> > >   Kirk
> > > 
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> > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility
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> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
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