Anyone thought about raspberry pie?

[John Heim]

I never heard of this device until this moment. But its very close to 
something I've been asking around about for a long time.  Assuming speakup 
works, it really does seem perfect for blind linux users.  There are similar 
devices available already but not that run off batteries.  And not at that 
price, obviously.

My department owns a Soekris Net4801. Its got a 200Mhz processor and 128Mb 
of RAM. Right now I'm running debian squeeze off a 512Mb CF card.  But this 
thing isn't intended as an end user device. It is intended for use as an 
embedded system or for people who need to build their own wireless hub for 
some reason. The real problem is that it has to be plugged into a wall. I 
suspect if you googled enough, you could find a way to replace the power 
supply with a battery pack but it would probably cost as much as the 
Raspberry Pie thingy.  The Soekris itself cost approximately $125 and that 
was 6 years ago.

But what I've done with the Soekris is get speakup running with a USB 
headset. The Soekris also has 2 serial ports so you can use it with a 
hardware speech synth.  According to the Raspberry Pie specs, it has audio 
out so you might not even need a USB headset.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <buddy at brannan.name>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 5:41 PM
Subject: Anyone thought about raspberry pie?


> Any thoughts on having Speakup work with one of these when they come out:
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
>
> With speak, I'm supposing.
>
> I don't think it's reasonable to expect to get much from a GUI on this, 
> but I'd think Speakup wouldn't be a problem.
>
> Anyone else thinking about getting one to play with? The price is right.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
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