From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.comcast.net ([24.153.64.2]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16mHI9-0005y4-00 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:44:25 -0500 Received: from cj2204215a (pcp706460pcs.alxndr01.va.comcast.net [68.50.5.81]) by mtaout45-01.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built Feb 6 2002)) with SMTP id <0GT200NAFRT64G@mtaout45-01.icomcast.net> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:43:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:37:07 -0500 From: Amanda Lee Subject: Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-id: <003e01c1cd08$cff8b520$6501a8c0@alxndr01.va.comcast.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <20020316003457.A581@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: Amanda Lee List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Naa you need a rapid infuser for that so you can obtain the e most bang especially while airborne because one achieves double-duty that way! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" To: Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 2:34 AM Subject: Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster Oh, and while we're at it, I want it to have a little cup hole on the corner for my scotch on the rocks so I can drink and fly while I'm surfing! On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 03:39:37PM -0500, Amanda Lee wrote: > Yes and I want one which opens like a braille book which isn't heavy nor > too rigid that I can hold on my lap with perhaps a cable plugged into my > Notebook which is in its' airlines compliant case at my feet under the > seat in front of me. Actually, forget the fargin' cable, it shall be > wireless and shall receive the signal from my notebook to deliver the > goods which make me my page of braille so that I can sit comfortably in a > seat anywhere and read to my lil' heart's desire! > > LOL! LOL! some more! > > I still do want this you know! > > Amanda Lee > > > > On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > OK. Next problem! > > > > Full page braille displays have long been a kind of holy grail that we > > dream of and can't attain. As things stand, a single line display is > > horrendously expensive. > > > > We need a breakthrough. We need two breakthroughs, actually: > > > > 1.) Price. Anything we know today says this would go through the > > ceiling--tens of thousands of dollars, at least; > > > > 2.) Complexity. I don't know that we understand how to build anything > > this complicated and keep it controlled. Current single line displays are > > already very complicated, mechanically--which is why they're so expensive. > > > > My conclusion: Were we to make breakthroughs on the above two points we'd > > want a full page braille display before this kind of unit. > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup