From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from s2.cableone.net ([24.116.0.228]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1F4TAp-0000DJ-00 for ; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:22:11 -0500 Received: from desktop (unverified [24.117.239.149]) by S2.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S2) with ESMTP id 44171477 for ; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:54:59 -0700 Message-ID: <00ae01c610cd$3fa6bd70$6a00a8c0@desktop> From: "Glenn at home" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <009901c62715$b6011ac0$e700a8c0@sparky><17376.47189.937429.104709@akp@selfhost.com><85CB3E8A-4023-47A6-BFC7-551F57CFF780@blindtechs.net> <003e01c62786$c5cbda50$ae1dae48@dataplus4puarg> Subject: Re: Linux on BrailleNotes Organization: Home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 0, First 23, in=55, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.117.239.149 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Glenn at home , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:22:12 -0000 X-Original-Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 19:21:53 -0600 X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:22:12 -0000 I think he was referencing RockBox, which makes it accessible to the Blind. http://www.rockbox.org/ Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "tyler" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 5:25 PM Subject: Re: Linux on BrailleNotes why would someone want linux on an ipod? its made for music, not an os. Sorry, but I miss the point, if you can make it read the thing to you cool, I got a 30 gb ipod here that would be awesome if we could do that with, but, I don't see any other reason for putting linux on it. It would be like turning the blt 40 into a server. Tyler Littlefield. Check out our website: http://tysplace.the-leetest.net check out my blog: livejournal.com/~tylerrl [my programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features] [failure is not an option, it comes bundled with windows!] ----- Original Message ----- From: "BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net" To: ; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 6:31 AM Subject: Re: Linux on BrailleNotes > and to further point out, consumers all that that the ipod was > propiritary and we got linux on that didn't we? (we meaning the linux > community as a whole) > On Feb 1, 2006, at 6:32 AM, Ann K. Parsons wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> No, the BrailleNote's OS is Window-CE, but it's interface is >> proprietory. You cannot put Linux on it. You can, however use BrlTTY >> with a PC running Linux. Sorry, but that's the story. >> >> Ann P. >> >> -- >> Ann K. Parsons >> email: akp@eznet.net >> WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp >> Skype: Putertutor >> "All that is gold does not glitter. >> Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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