From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (mta1.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.194]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4C22C1A0C8 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:26:18 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mta1.math.wisc.edu Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mta1.math.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TnSTMYzjbtRv for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:26:17 -0600 (CST) Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD3453E0021 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:26:12 -0600 (CST) Received: from ulam.math.wisc.edu (ulam.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.245]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:26:12 -0600 (CST) Received: from vv507j (vv507j.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.19]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ulam.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D8F392BE4E for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:26:12 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <5BC2D614DCD449EB9B006669460C274C@math.wisc.edu> From: "John Heim" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Subject: Re: Anyone thought about raspberry pie? Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:26:59 -0600 Organization: University of Wisconsin-Madison MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:26:19 -0000 I never heard of this device until this moment. But its very close to something I've been asking around about for a long time. Assuming speakup works, it really does seem perfect for blind linux users. There are similar devices available already but not that run off batteries. And not at that price, obviously. My department owns a Soekris Net4801. Its got a 200Mhz processor and 128Mb of RAM. Right now I'm running debian squeeze off a 512Mb CF card. But this thing isn't intended as an end user device. It is intended for use as an embedded system or for people who need to build their own wireless hub for some reason. The real problem is that it has to be plugged into a wall. I suspect if you googled enough, you could find a way to replace the power supply with a battery pack but it would probably cost as much as the Raspberry Pie thingy. The Soekris itself cost approximately $125 and that was 6 years ago. But what I've done with the Soekris is get speakup running with a USB headset. The Soekris also has 2 serial ports so you can use it with a hardware speech synth. According to the Raspberry Pie specs, it has audio out so you might not even need a USB headset. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buddy Brannan" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 5:41 PM Subject: Anyone thought about raspberry pie? > Any thoughts on having Speakup work with one of these when they come out: > http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs > > With speak, I'm supposing. > > I don't think it's reasonable to expect to get much from a GUI on this, > but I'd think Speakup wouldn't be a problem. > > Anyone else thinking about getting one to play with? The price is right. > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >