* playing with elba
@ philwh
` Tommy Craig
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From: philwh @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: blinux-list
Hi.
I have in my hands (at least for a few days) an elba.
A very interesting device.
Unfortunately, I didn't get a manual, so I am
doing trial and error to find out the key strokes.
It is a unit with a braille keyboard.
I really like the case and how the unit was designed.
The speech is ok most of the time.
It does however, have some problems at times.
I will start to sound like an am radio slightly out of
tune, or for the hams, like single side band, not tuned correctly.
The speech isn't available in all applications.
I haven't found any way to read word by word
or character by character.
or even to have it repeat the current line.
the braille display is really nice, and I like
the movement bar ont he front of the unit.
It runs linux 2.4.9 as its kernel.
more later if anyone is interested.
phil
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* RE: playing with elba
playing with elba philwh
@ ` Tommy Craig
` Nektarios Mallas
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tommy Craig @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: blinux-list
Hi Phil,
If you need help with the Elba please write or call Sighted and ask for me.
They will give you the contact info or leave yours and I'll call you back.
In order to get you started though. If you will go to file manager and
highlight the file quickref.html and then type an A for associate, this will
bring up a quick reference file in the browser that should answer most of
your questions. You can also download the manual from
http://www.sighted.com.
The speech does allow you to read by character and word, However, the
speech isn't complete. We will have a new firmware within the next week or
two that will add read to end and key echo as well as the day planner
application.
-----Original Message-----
From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com
[mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of philwh@gate.net
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 4:05 PM
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: playing with elba
Hi.
I have in my hands (at least for a few days) an elba.
A very interesting device.
Unfortunately, I didn't get a manual, so I am
doing trial and error to find out the key strokes.
It is a unit with a braille keyboard.
I really like the case and how the unit was designed.
The speech is ok most of the time.
It does however, have some problems at times.
I will start to sound like an am radio slightly out of
tune, or for the hams, like single side band, not tuned correctly.
The speech isn't available in all applications.
I haven't found any way to read word by word
or character by character.
or even to have it repeat the current line.
the braille display is really nice, and I like
the movement bar ont he front of the unit.
It runs linux 2.4.9 as its kernel.
more later if anyone is interested.
phil
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` Tommy Craig
@ ` Nektarios Mallas
` Tommy Craig
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From: Nektarios Mallas @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: blinux-list
Hello there.
I am also interested in elba. I have tried to contact the company in Germany
for information but they did not reply to my messages yet.
I am located in Greece and I would like to ask the possibility of getting
the elba to use the Greek language.
I understand that it will be more difficult for the speech part, but for
braille it is easier. It is only a matter of assigning the correct ascii
characters to the braille values.
Can you help at all?
Thanks in advance.
Nektarios.
-----Original Message-----
From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On
Behalf Of Tommy Craig
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 12:53 AM
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: RE: playing with elba
Hi Phil,
If you need help with the Elba please write or call Sighted and ask for me.
They will give you the contact info or leave yours and I'll call you back.
In order to get you started though. If you will go to file manager and
highlight the file quickref.html and then type an A for associate, this will
bring up a quick reference file in the browser that should answer most of
your questions. You can also download the manual from
http://www.sighted.com.
The speech does allow you to read by character and word, However, the
speech isn't complete. We will have a new firmware within the next week or
two that will add read to end and key echo as well as the day planner
application.
-----Original Message-----
From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com
[mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of philwh@gate.net
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 4:05 PM
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: playing with elba
Hi.
I have in my hands (at least for a few days) an elba.
A very interesting device.
Unfortunately, I didn't get a manual, so I am
doing trial and error to find out the key strokes.
It is a unit with a braille keyboard.
I really like the case and how the unit was designed.
The speech is ok most of the time.
It does however, have some problems at times.
I will start to sound like an am radio slightly out of
tune, or for the hams, like single side band, not tuned correctly.
The speech isn't available in all applications.
I haven't found any way to read word by word
or character by character.
or even to have it repeat the current line.
the braille display is really nice, and I like
the movement bar ont he front of the unit.
It runs linux 2.4.9 as its kernel.
more later if anyone is interested.
phil
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` Nektarios Mallas
@ ` Tommy Craig
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From: Tommy Craig @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: blinux-list
Hi,
You are correct, changing the Braille code shouldn't be hard. I know that
they are working on adding a lot of different languages but I do not know
all the details. I know that a lot of people at Papenmeier have been on
vacation over the last few weeks but I think most of them are back now. Try
emailing Hans Ring. He is the sales manager. His email address is
Hans.Ring@papenmeier.de.
Tommy
-----Original Message-----
From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com
[mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Nektarios Mallas
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 5:15 PM
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: RE: playing with elba
Hello there.
I am also interested in elba. I have tried to contact the company in Germany
for information but they did not reply to my messages yet.
I am located in Greece and I would like to ask the possibility of getting
the elba to use the Greek language.
I understand that it will be more difficult for the speech part, but for
braille it is easier. It is only a matter of assigning the correct ascii
characters to the braille values.
Can you help at all?
Thanks in advance.
Nektarios.
-----Original Message-----
From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On
Behalf Of Tommy Craig
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 12:53 AM
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: RE: playing with elba
Hi Phil,
If you need help with the Elba please write or call Sighted and ask for me.
They will give you the contact info or leave yours and I'll call you back.
In order to get you started though. If you will go to file manager and
highlight the file quickref.html and then type an A for associate, this will
bring up a quick reference file in the browser that should answer most of
your questions. You can also download the manual from
http://www.sighted.com.
The speech does allow you to read by character and word, However, the
speech isn't complete. We will have a new firmware within the next week or
two that will add read to end and key echo as well as the day planner
application.
-----Original Message-----
From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com
[mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of philwh@gate.net
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 4:05 PM
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: playing with elba
Hi.
I have in my hands (at least for a few days) an elba.
A very interesting device.
Unfortunately, I didn't get a manual, so I am
doing trial and error to find out the key strokes.
It is a unit with a braille keyboard.
I really like the case and how the unit was designed.
The speech is ok most of the time.
It does however, have some problems at times.
I will start to sound like an am radio slightly out of
tune, or for the hams, like single side band, not tuned correctly.
The speech isn't available in all applications.
I haven't found any way to read word by word
or character by character.
or even to have it repeat the current line.
the braille display is really nice, and I like
the movement bar ont he front of the unit.
It runs linux 2.4.9 as its kernel.
more later if anyone is interested.
phil
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