screen reading software for mobiles and PDAs

[sean murphy]

Everyone,

Don't forget Mobile Pocket Speak by code factory which works on a standard 
PDA.

Sean
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gena at genaj.plus.com>
To: <bob.dodd at acm.org>; "Speak is a screen review system for Linux." 
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 3:44 AM
Subject: Re: screen reading software for mobiles and PDAs


> Hi
>
> There's also Pocket HAL for standard PDA's.
> Gena
>
>>On 3/30/06, mo.valli at bt.com <mo.valli at bt.com> wrote:
>>> All,
>>>
>>> Are there many of the above products available? Would appreciate a list. 
>>> I must admit I didn't know of them until I
> listened to LARRY SKUTCHAN's podcast with Janina Sajka.
>>
>>There are two commercial text-to-speech applications for mobiles that
>>I've heard of.  The one I know most about is Talks, which runs on the
>>Nokia series 60 range of phones. Actually it should run any Symbian
>>platform I would guess. If you're in the UK and ask a mobile phone
>>provider e.g. Vodafone for devices with text-to-speech, it's usually
>>Talks they try to sell you. If you want to try it, there's a free time
>>limited version available for download off the manufacturer's website:
>>http://www.nuance.com/talks/
>>
>>On the PDA side, our department has (or rather had: it was stolen at a
>>conference) a Freedom Scientific PACmate PDA. Think of something the
>>size of a standard qwerty keyboard with an iPAQ hidden inside. The
>>display is replaced with Jaws text-to-speech software. It also has an
>>optional Braille display that plugs into the front of the unit. The
>>device has its problems: bulky, very expensive, and don't whatever you
>>do, let the battery run flat. But it does work. Well, if you think
>>Jaws works... The PACmate's web site is:
>>http://www.freedomscientific.com/
>>
>>Bob Dodd
>>Accessibility Research Centre
>>University of Teesside
>>United Kingdom
>>
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