New Linux PDA For Blind People

[David Poehlman]

access empowers.

On Mar 30, 2006, at 9:48 PM, <mo.valli at bt.com> <mo.valli at bt.com> wrote:


Really? So you don't go for braille input?
No, absolutely hate it, just gave my 80 cell display away free and  
was glad to get rid.

And maybe you think everybody
in the world should use a white cane or a dog guide?
No I think blind people should be house bound like they were hundreds  
of years ago and I think they should stick with some proprietary  
technology which never moves into the current century. Yes, lets keep  
the blind isolated from the main stream.


Oh, and I'd expect you don't bother with described video, either?
No I don't, because the moment is lost.


mo.valli at bt.com writes:
> I believe the groundup developments should be avoided at all costs  
> for many good reasons, but one in particular, and that is that I  
> want to use products that my friends and colleagues use, not some  
> dedicated device which is specially developed just for blind, costs  
> the earth and enhanced at the rate of snail. I want to be in the  
> fast lane, evolving with the latest technology.

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