New Linux PDA For Blind People

[Scott Howell]

Ah, and Verizon Wireless still hasn't learned. They did exactly the  
minimum to make some and now nearly only one phone accessible and  
that is incredibly limited. I have the LG 4500 and its abilities are  
limited and beyond the 4650, forget it, things have only gotten  
worse. Don't think I'll be renewing my contract with them when its  
up. Yeah I can access the address book and get some status info, but  
if I wanted more, I won't get it.


Scott



On Mar 30, 2006, at 8:10 PM, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Lorenzo Taylor writes:
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>> According to Janina Sajka:
>> # As for your rationale, let me ask you this? If it's so possible,  
>> how
>> # come no one has done it?
>>
>> It has been done before.  Or more to the point, it is being done.   
>> Apple
>> has built a screen reader into their operating system.  No, it isn't
>> absolutely perfect, but we can expect improvement as it  
>> developes.  LG
>> has put speech into some of their phones that allows a blind  
>> person to
>> access the menu system.  The question isn't why isn't anyone doing  
>> it,
>> but rather why aren't more companies doing it.
>
>
> Lorenzo, you have so much to learn. LG didn't puyt speech into a  
> few of
> their phones because they wanted to. It had everything to do with a
> formal complaint at the FCC over accessibility. It was nothing but  
> good
>
> old fashioned arm twisting. It was certainly not market economics  
> as you
> suggest.
>
> PS: I know. I was there in the middle of it.
>
> old fashioned arm twisting, and most certainly not market economics.
>
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