From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net([199.45.39.156]) (3239 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:39:47 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from sajka.bellatlantic.net (adsl-151-200-20-29.bellatlantic.net [151.200.20.29]) by smtp-out1.bellatlantic.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA24865; Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:39:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by sajka.bellatlantic.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA06839; Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:39:56 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: sajka.bellatlantic.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:39:56 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-Sender: janina@sajka.bellatlantic.net To: Bart Bunting cc: Buddy Brannan , speakup mailing list Subject: Re: PDA hardware In-Reply-To: <14539.38429.526482.256593@zed.urnet.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: Well, I would agree about reading books. But, it should be the new NISO/Daisy standard -- which is an XML DTD (see http://www.daisy.org). So far, the only software players specifically for NISO/Daisy are in Windows--but that has to change! If someone wants to start working on a Linux NISO/Daisy reader, I might be able to get some advance material to test with. Production books will begin rolling later this year on CD ROM. In Sweden, it'll be over the Internet, by the way. PS: The NISO/Daisy protocols support both text and recorded audio. Both and as well as either one or the other. I realize that the audio part of a NISO/Daisy book raises storage issues. Let's just leave it at that for now! Janina Sajka, Director Information Systems Research & Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) janina@afb.net On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Bart Bunting wrote: > > another use I'd have for a pda, and this one may also be taken as a > given. > > to read books, something along the lines of the roadrunner. e.g. read > books on the train etc. > > The problem as I see it with most of the pda devices specifically > designed for blind people so far is that they are too specialised, > they only offer half the functionallity and you need two or three of > them to get everything you want, but then you end up with three little > boxes you are carying arround. arg!!! > > It would be great to combine them all into one device. > Bart > > > Buddy Brannan writes: > > I should think we'd be able to have either a modem or ethernet, but...who > > knows? I kinda half thought that telnet or ssh would be a given. Haven't > > tried any term programs, minicom has me a bit baffled. ... > > > > > > -- > > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV | Friday whistle, how did I make it? > > Email: davros@ycardz.com | If I had my way, I'd run out naked! > > Phone: (972) 889-8147 | Banging pub doors, hey! Let me in! > > Voice mail: (877) 791-5298 | Gimme my blue jeans again. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >