From: philwh@gate.net
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: the Papenmeir device that was supposed to be coming out
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:41:19 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011113144119.A579@lpwh1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111131426550.6158-100000@toccata.grg.afb.net>; from janina@afb.net on Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 02:28:42PM -0500
Hi.
>From the ifno on the uxdots site, it sounds as if it may be
more advanced than speakup as far as cursor and highlight
or screen attributes are concerned.
but this is just from the ifno fromt he site.
I tried to download the demo of uxdots, but the link doesn't work.
phil
On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 02:28:42PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> True, but that's all the more reason for a speech only version. Why force
> people to take the form factor plus the braille, when they can't afford
> the price? I know braille is the only medium most European blind folk care
> about, but I'm asking from the U.S. perspective.
>
> Now, my second point -- What about the included speech? Is it truely
> UXDOTS? If so, why? Speakup is free, and UXDOTS isn't. So, what's the
> advantage to the user?
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Tommy Craig wrote:
>
> > Well I suppose the same way that every Braille display manufacturer does.
> > Braille cost a lot to make. Your response makes it sound as if the ELBA is
> > tremendously more expensive than the BrailleNote or the BrailleLite. It
> > isn't. I think the price is very competitive, especially since it offers a
> > lot more than either one of the other devices.
> > Tommy
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
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>
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