New Linux PDA For Blind People

[Janina Sajka]

Steve:

Marc is doing his own voicing using Eloquence by default, with options
for DEC Talk or Cepstral available for an extra charge not yet
determined. In other words, he's not a screen reader and is instead far
closer to the Emacspeak "audio desktop" approach.

But, you do get to go to a shell prompt on the Icon and roll whatever
you can roll of your own there. I should caution that his processor is
integer only, though.

Janina

Steve Holmes writes:
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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 
> > > 
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> > > 
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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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> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > 
> > 
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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