New Linux PDA For Blind People

[Travis Siegel]

Since it's a linux based pda, there's no reason why you can't change  
the keymap and have your dvorak layout.
On Apr 1, 2006, at 6:52 PM, Igor Gueths wrote:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA512
>
> Wonder if one will be able to loadkeys Dvorak on that? Would be  
> interesting if one was presented the possibility.
> On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 04:02:45PM -0500, ace wrote:
>> 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:
>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>>> Hash: SHA1
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Speakup mailing list
>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> - --
> Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little
>    security will deserve neither and lose both.
> - -- Benjamin Franklin
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux)
>
> iQIVAwUBRC8SQqe2pgKIdGq4AQrxVxAAiM493105mBpdogU/o9mGHJs81uwer7Dy
> 64h4AGc0MKJHMoWRtN0RNG3+KPJD1YQ/Qu6rxZYF6IlUAxlId9usc1IG8jLmQw3H
> xaXROrya0TG9RuGNAh+kXf0oyTxgxgfUCua+1JWKQxF4XGiB3SrKPrfK08BKn6VC
> zoQWmlfGAnAEbuhVIz0e8NorvsXqAn727CANNCvMlAQ6KBvlZ0RegWe9lCviUxKY
> sO52GFgyf/nRCGJaUhtjH9RnrujP9LlX1KrMYlyrnNPOaDOQNEWpCo6JUGcrpK+C
> pcesaokSsUr9vNLpF/vLfl7DYlvhvP5Rat08qbvFOpMVRptZcN1NC9SqLw3ROd4+
> ZwlTtpvjhO8W6BTt9nzP9lWQhgEDvCfL8rf7Eumdr2lu1xHzX3EIl9Npcj3VqyiR
> T471yNkv97Zqv89KREtRGBo1JXFvhjo/eZbsfOvm8ui4sAi5nCPxIAP42NtsLMj8
> YzLft9KVeOhsaQw9vgKE6tTXjMDoE+4Y8AG9BHBVAR7Z2zXbhcukc3UbiSDtJYCA
> 7EOw6h1HCuXSX2UtFR6pkDSP0euwp3vAMJNlJ8MAM5sQYX3Stpqc6uz+ItK7jfKX
> 3BQJNXwCzmHd0rzWs234rfmo/cf7uu8ibzKOjchlTX7y0ngDOYI+phJEQfshIRgM
> w1aBSZPibhc=
> =3IBS
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
>