New Linux PDA For Blind People

[Janina Sajka]

No pricing information yet, though I believe it's going to be very
competitive with existing devices.

hank smith writes:
> wonder what the price tag is on this one?
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> >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