New Linux PDA For Blind People

ace ace at freedomchat.org
Sat Apr 1 16:02:45 EST 2006


OK, so the doc is simply the term for the type of input/output one 
wishes to have; be it Braille or qwerty.  Thanks for clarifying 
this.  I definitely like this product and may consider it as a 
replacement for my Braille Lite Mehellium when I go off to college.

At 12:07 PM 4/1/2006, you wrote:
>Actually, when you carry the Icon and a dock, the Icon will fit all the
>way inside the dock, so that you really do just carry one device. And
>the dock is intended to be no bigger than the note-taking devices
>that people generally use today. True that the braille dock won't be
>available right away, though.
>
>PS: I'm personally looking at the Icon plus dock as a laptop
>replacement. Time will tell if that works out, but I consider the
>chances very good indeed.
>
>The key design idea is that you should only have one device to carry.
>That was considered an essential design criterion, which is why the Icon
>itself slides 100% into whatever dock you end up using, qwerty, braille,
>or some other possibilities.
>
>Janina
>
>ace writes:
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> > LOL thanks.  I guess I should have been a bit more exact in the wording
> > of that previous message.  At the time, I was asking how input was done
> > and such but I now understand since I listened to the two demos on the
> > Blind Cool Tech.  This device sounds very nice.  The only thing that I
> > don't care for is that I will have to carry around a keyboard and a
> > Braille display; at least, this is how I am understanding it.  Right
> > now, I am in high school and while I don't care much for the Braille
> > Lite Millenium that I am stuck using, I do like the fact that everything
> > is in one unit.
> >
> > Robby
>
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