New Linux PDA For Blind People

[Janina Sajka]

A radically new concept in adapted PDA technology was shown in prototype
during CSUN. Designed from the ground up to serve users who are blind or
visually impaired, the hand-held Icon from Levelstar (a new company in
AT) provides a 20 Gb hard drive, Firefox, email, integrated Book Share
access,calendar, address book, one touch audio recording, and a music
player. When docked a full size keyboard facilitates word processing
tasks. The hand-held device includes WiFi, GSM telephone, GPS, and
BlueTooth.

There are two podcasts demonstrating this device at:

http://blindcooltech.xplorations.net/bct481BreakfastWithMarc.mp3
http://blindcooltech.xplorations.net/bct482IconDemo.mp3


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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.240.715.1272
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