me too. I am also seriously thinking of buying a braille display to avoid the boring synthetic speech, while using my computer. (boring is definitely my personal view). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaruni Arsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 3:05 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Braille mobile from samsung
>I think it would be worth to look at this option. I persoanly get bogged > down by continuously listening to synthetic speech. But I really wonder > how > Samsung has been able to accomplish this wonderful feat when there is no > viable option for Braille displays on date. > > Regards, > Aaruni. > students and teachers of political science and economics! come, and join > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: a forum for discussing Indian polity, indian > economy, > international relations and all that falls within the ambit of political > science and political economy. In order To join the group send a blank > mail > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaja, Kiran > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 11:15 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] Braille mobile from samsung > > And do we really need the complexities of braille to read an SMS > message? I can understand the point for deaf blind and also for writing > messages but for reading, I am not so sure if it is really worth the > monty. > > Regards, > Kiran. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pranav Lal > Sent: Friday, 07 July 2006 11:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] Braille mobile from samsung > > Hmm what would be the price for such a device? > > Pranav > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dipendra > Manocha > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 7:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AI] Braille mobile from samsung > > > Samsung wins award for Braille mobile > > July 4, 2006, 10:22 GMT > > Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics announced on Monday that it > had > won a gold award at the Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) > sponsored > by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and Business Week. > > Samsung won the gold award for its Braille mobile phone, the Touch > Messenger, which was designed by the company's Shanghai-based Samsung > Design > China division. > > The Touch Messenger allows visually impaired users to send and receive > Braille text messages, with the company revealing that the product was > developed in line with its global design strategy of gaining inspiration > from local needs, in this case the needs of the nine million visually > impaired inhabitants of China. > > It is anticipated that once the Touch Messenger is commercialised it > will > increase the quality of life for the world's 180 million visually > impaired. > > Users will be able to use two Braille keypads on the phone to send > messages, > while a Braille display screen on the lower part of the phone will allow > them to read incoming messages. > > http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1177846.php/Samsung_wins > _awa > rd_for_Braille_mobile > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i > n > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i > n > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
