New Linux PDA For Blind People

[hank smith]

its a awesome site btw
love it
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan at aph.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: New Linux PDA For Blind People


> 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 
> 
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