From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFE533EA26 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 01:00:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fAE60Up17411 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 01:00:30 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fAE60UY18586 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 01:00:30 -0500 Received: from fep06-app.kolumbus.fi (fep06-0.kolumbus.fi [193.229.0.57]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fAE60Tw18582 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 01:00:30 -0500 Received: from thp.local ([62.248.231.1]) by fep06-app.kolumbus.fi (InterMail vM.5.01.03.08 201-253-122-118-108-20010628) with SMTP id <20011114060028.FBNN19421.fep06-app.kolumbus.fi@thp.local> for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:00:28 +0200 Received: (qmail 12578 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2001 06:00:27 -0000 Received: from nkl.local (qmailr@192.168.2.4) by gw.local with SMTP; 14 Nov 2001 06:00:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 22971 invoked by uid 1013); 14 Nov 2001 06:00:24 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 14 Nov 2001 06:00:24 -0000 Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:00:23 +0200 (EET) From: Ari Moisio X-X-Sender: armoi@nkl.local To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: RE: the Papenmeir device that was supposed to be coming out In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-PGP-KeyID: 0x3FAF0F05 X-PGP-Key-fingerprint: 8A 91 96 E2 98 64 D0 4D 57 5E 3E EE 72 E9 DD D2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiVirus: scanned for viruses by AMaViS 0.2.1 (http://amavis.org/) X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Reply-To: armoi@sci.fi List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Janina Sajka 13.11.01: >Don't know of a Korean (or any Asian) device aimed at blind users. Do you >know any more? There is Simputer project, http://www.simputer.org Not designed for blind users but designed to be cheap, below $200 and has build-in tts. Some work is required before it could be used by blind users: some kind of tactile keyboard on the touch-screen and new user interface but the hardware is there. Running LInux, of course:-> -- Mr. Ari Moisio, Niittykatu 7, 41160 Tikkakoski, +358-40-5055239 ari.moisio@iki.fi http://www.iki.fi/arimo PGP-keyID: 0x3FAF0F05