There are screen readers available for Android 2.2 and perhaps it should work with this tablet. There are two screen readers that I know of. One is called "talk back" and another one by code factory and I can't recall it's name. Besides touch screen, I wonder if it has a keyboard.
Vetri. On 05/10/2011, George Abraham <[email protected]> wrote: > Read about the launch in today's HT. Wonder of the Akash tablet's utility to > blind users. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rohit Trivedi" <[email protected]> > To: "Access India" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 6:21 PM > Subject: [AI] Recommended Article By Rohit Trivedi: Indian Govt's $35 > TabletFinally Launches As Aakash; Costs Rs 2250 > > > Hi Access India, > Rohit Trivedi, has recommended this article entitled 'Indian Govt's $35 > Tablet Finally Launches As Aakash; Costs Rs 2250' to you, with the following > remarks: > > N/A > > --- > > Indian Govt's $35 Tablet Finally Launches As Aakash; Costs Rs 2250 > Posted By Anupam Saxena On October 5, 2011 (4:31 pm) In Devices, Education, > Government, News, Tablets > > Following last week's announcement made by the Minister of Communications > and IT, Kapil Sibal, the Indian Government’s $35 computing device, which has > been named Aakash has finally been unveiled.The Android based tablet has > been designed, developed and manufactured by DataWind in collaboration with > IIT Rajasthan, under the HRD Ministry's National Mission on Education > through Information & Communication Technology (NME-ICT). > > According to a press statement, the Government is buying 100,000 tablets > from DataWind for Rs 2,250 or $45.5 (approx), per unit inclusive of taxes > and freight charges. The tablet will be available to post-secondary > students, and the Indian Government intends to deliver 10 million tablets at > a target price of Rs 1,750 per unit, which has also been agreed upon by the > manufacturer. The device has been made at DataWind's facility at Hyderabad. > > Although the Minister did mention that masses of course content had been > web-enabled for free distribution and over 1,000 institutions have been > equipped with high-speed WiFi internet access, details about content > delivery, partnerships, and time lines were not discussed. > > Device Specs and Features > > The device is essentially a 7 inch Android 2.2 based tablet, which offers > data connectivity through WiFi, expandable memory via an SD card slot (a 2GB > card is included), in addition to 2GB internal Flash memory, and full size > USB Ports allowing the use of plug-in devices such as Pen-drives and > internet dongles. The device sports a 366 Mhz Connexant processor, 256MB > RAM, and also has an HD video co-processor for multimedia and core graphics > accelerator for faster application support. The touch screen however, is > resistive, which we believe, is to facilitate the use of styli for making > notes. > > The tablet also bundles DataWind’s UbiSurfer browser, which, according to > the company is based on 18 international patents and accelerates web pages > by factors of 10x to 30x. It also includes the Nimbuzz app,... > Article taken from MediaNama - http://www.medianama.com > URL to article: > http://www.medianama.com/2011/10/223-indian-govts-35-tablet-finally-launches-as-aakash-costs-rs-2250/ > > Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > > > Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
