New Linux PDA For Blind People

[Steve Holmes]

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I wonder how he got Firefox to talk? I love Firefox in windows and would
love to somehow implement it with Linux.  I figured you had to run it in
X under gnome accessibility or something.  Is that indeed the case?
I'll bet that PDA would be fun with Speakup too:).

On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 12:54:16PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 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 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > 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 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
> 
> -- 
> 
> 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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> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> 

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