New Linux PDA For Blind People

[Janina Sajka]

Definitely. You can access a shell prompt and have at it.

Travis Siegel writes:
> Being able to add programs to the unit as desired is a *big* sale for  
> me.  I'd have bought the humanware device if they'd had let me do  
> that when it first came out.  FS had a nice unit, and although you  
> could force it to allow you to run your own stuff, it wasn't  
> supported, and even actively discouraged by fs.  But, since I'll  
> never buy an fs product if it can be avoided, that's not a problem  
> for me.  The visuaide unit would have been perfect if they had  
> included the palm reader app inside it, (or given out the specs so  
> someone else could do it) but they didn't, and so I can't use that  
> one either.
> It's a wonder how many blind friendly devices won't allow you to do  
> what you want to do with them.  Why would I buy a unit I can't do  
> what I want to do with it? I thought that's the whole point of buying  
> a unit.
> 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?
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> >> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>; <blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 6:36 AM
> >> Subject: New Linux PDA For Blind People
> >>
> >>
> >>> 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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> >>> Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http:// 
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> >>> Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG)
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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.
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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