screen reading software for mobiles and PDAs

[gena at genaj.plus.com]

Hi

There's also Pocket HAL for standard PDA's. 
Gena

>On 3/30/06, mo.valli at bt.com <mo.valli at bt.com> wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> Are there many of the above products available? Would appreciate a list. I must admit I didn't know of them until I 
listened to LARRY SKUTCHAN's podcast with Janina Sajka.
>
>There are two commercial text-to-speech applications for mobiles that
>I've heard of.  The one I know most about is Talks, which runs on the
>Nokia series 60 range of phones. Actually it should run any Symbian
>platform I would guess. If you're in the UK and ask a mobile phone
>provider e.g. Vodafone for devices with text-to-speech, it's usually
>Talks they try to sell you. If you want to try it, there's a free time
>limited version available for download off the manufacturer's website:
>http://www.nuance.com/talks/
>
>On the PDA side, our department has (or rather had: it was stolen at a
>conference) a Freedom Scientific PACmate PDA. Think of something the
>size of a standard qwerty keyboard with an iPAQ hidden inside. The
>display is replaced with Jaws text-to-speech software. It also has an
>optional Braille display that plugs into the front of the unit. The
>device has its problems: bulky, very expensive, and don't whatever you
>do, let the battery run flat. But it does work. Well, if you think
>Jaws works... The PACmate's web site is:
>http://www.freedomscientific.com/
>
>Bob Dodd
>Accessibility Research Centre
>University of Teesside
>United Kingdom
>
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