From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cantata.rednote.net ([66.92.170.86]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AaEuN-0007SJ-00 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 08:55:11 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id hBRDtALa008468 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 08:55:10 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) id hBRDt9ad008464 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 08:55:09 -0500 Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 08:55:09 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031227135508.GC8287@rednote.net> References: <20031225160459.GE18873@rednote.net> <20031227071944.GA213@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031227071944.GA213@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Subject: Re: 2004: My Next Wireless Phone X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 13:55:11 -0000 I could tell you things, but I can't because of a piece of paper we signed this past year. What I can tell you is that we looked hard for this unit around Washington, DC and on the net the other week and didn't find it. I expect we'll look again in early January. So, can you read between the lines? Steve Holmes writes: > From: Steve Holmes > > I found the bit on the ow Owasys model to be quite interesting and > promising - especially the fact linux is being used as the OS and they > appear to be incourage public development. > > Hey, I cannot find anything anywhere on the Audiovox 9900 phone that > would supposedly be available this month. I looked on > www.audiovox.com and their idiot search tool kept saying "no such > model." Is it really out there yet or is it vaporware? > > On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 11:05:00AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > OK. I thought I should wish a little here. > > > > I saw the wireless handset I want to get in 2004 while attending > > TechShare in the U.K. this past November. You can read about this phone > > at: > > > > http://www.owasys.com > > > > * It is supposed to be available in Spain now, and in the U.K. > > * soon. > > > > * It is supposed to be available in the U.S. sometime in 2004. I > > * may wait. > > > > This phone has no screen. It's 100% designed to be used without sight. > > And, it runs our favorite OS. > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka > > Email: janina@rednote.net > > Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Director, Technology Research and Development > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > http://www.afb.org > > > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > > Free Standards Group > > http://accessibility.freestandards.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina@rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org