From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta04ps.bigpond.com ([144.135.25.136]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16V4FL-0005W1-00 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 00:22:23 -0500 Received: from data.home ([144.135.25.84]) by mta04ps.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GQMV8H00.5Y6 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:29:05 +1000 Received: from CPE-144-136-137-64.qld.bigpond.net.au ([144.136.137.64]) by psmam06.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0h 110/1200325); 28 Jan 2002 15:21:55 Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16V4Et-0005wD-00; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:21:55 +1000 Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:21:55 +1000 From: Geoff Shang To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: What I did on my summer holidays. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Kirk Wood wrote: > The first, is that the embossing seems most > wastefull. While expansive, I feel they should move to refreshable > braille. This would allow the student to carry the entire text book as > sigted students do. The problem with refreshable braille is the economics. You can't get a device with a braille display here in Australia for under 6 thousand. Then again, I guess comparing this to the money saved doing braille production ... well maybe. though I've got to say, I'm not sure that I'd be too keen to read all my books 1 line at a time, as opposed to one page at a time as with regular books. I'd hate to try and get the jist of a diagram using a 1-line display. Geoff.