From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pony.its.uwo.ca([129.100.2.63]) (2315 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:11:41 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from Ig (c716099-a.rchdsn1.tx.home.com [24.7.105.70]) by pony.its.uwo.ca (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id e3JEBgs27464 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:11:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (cpt.kirk@localhost) by Ig (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA01764 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:13:13 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: Ig: cpt.kirk owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:13:13 -0500 (CDT) From: X-Sender: cpt.kirk@Ig To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: RE: BrailleNote In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: I will tell you why I am working toward the development of a PDA for blind people. The first reason is that there is not a comparable product on the market. Furhter many sighted people have found that a device that is not as powerful as a laptop and much more powerful then a simple notepad is quite handy. There is no reason to believe that blind people wouldn't find a similar device handy as well. As for the lack of resources, well obvviously if I had more it would be an easier task. But if I wait for resources beforestarting then nothing will ever happen. In fact, it would seem to me that if everyone operated on the premise that since there is a loack of resources we shouldn't try to keep up, eventually there will be no such thing as blind access to computers. I would imagine that Speakup started as a desire of Kirk to get console speech in Linux and he had almost no resources. I know that many Linux programs start that way. I honestly hope that someone comes out with a product that makes my ideas of a product impracticle. If someone does come out with an affordable product then I will truely be happy. Otherwise I will endeavor to make one that people can actually offord. -- Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net ------------------ I really have little to do with them, for I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one. Ignatius Reilly (Confederacy of Dunces)