New Linux PDA For Blind People

[Janina Sajka]

Yes, Larry, I probably should just tell people that blindcooltech.com is
just a really cool place to get all kinds of useful tech info for folks
who are blind.

I was going to post the Screenless Phone interview you did with me on
our web site--just haven't gotten that done yet. We've been busy moving
our phones. But it was sure fun talking about the phone with you over
breakfast! <grin>

LARRY SKUTCHAN writes:
> Probably, you should give the www.blindcooltech.com address, too, so
> people could see what else is available, like the Breakfast with Janina
> show.
> 
> 
> >>> janina at rednote.net Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:36:29 AM >>>
> 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
> Partner, Capital Accessibility
> LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com 
> 
> Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and
> Canada--Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.
> 
> Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
> janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org 
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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.240.715.1272
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com

Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.

Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org