New Linux PDA For Blind People

[David Poehlman]

The most competative device out there right now is the small talk ultra.

On Mar 29, 2006, at 3:46 PM, Janina Sajka wrote:

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

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