Hi Luke,
I'm glad you're interested, though at this point, we're clearly talking
about a whole new product, not a simple adaptation of the 15.6" laptop
housing.
If we're talking about a whole new product anyway, I've decided to
maximize the potential portability by basing it on a braille keyboard
rather than a QWERTY one. I've filled out the page you created, and it
explains what I mean. Let me know if this is the kind of information you
want, and what kind of dimensions you think would be feasible for
something with the specs I've outlined.
Matt
On 9/12/2016 7:43 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Matt Campbell <[email protected]> wrote:
Anyway, it seems to me that if sighted people can have their 7-inch tablets
for content consumption, it's not totally unreasonable to want a computer
housing that's optimized for the way blind people work.
actually at this point i'd be more interested in doing a simple
housing for partially-sighted people than i would a 7in tablet. the
reason is that just as you say, it's a specialist community that would
appreciate it more.
the 7in tablet market, people are going to compare an EOMA68 7in
tablet housing against... a mass-produced 7in tablet. they're going
to see the extra cost and the extra thickness, and conclude "that's
utterly rubbish!!!!".
whereas people in the partially-sighted market who are getting
proprietary high-priced crud would be *really grateful* for something
that is clearly a long-term cost-saving investment as opposed to a
throw-away device. they'll go "huh, i can upgrade this later... oh,
and i can transfer the *actual computer* to a bigger device which
someone who *does* have good sight can help me out... or i can
transfer the *actual computer* into a device with a huge LCD on it".
i'm referencing this discussion here on
http://rhombus-tech.net/community_ideas/partially_sighted_handheld/
but could i ask you a favour and to fill that in with a bit of the
specs of things that people *actually want* - or if there is some
community that you know of, reach out to them and ask them "what do
you *really* want to have?"
Now, having written that rather long-winded message, that's probably all
I'll say on this subject, unless I eventually put in the time to improve
GNU/Linux desktop accessibility. Anyway, I hope this was of some interest to
some people on this list.
*yes*.
l.
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