Hi, yeah, as there are PDA's now that basically does this already. For example, Humanware's VoiceNote, GWMicro's VoiceSense, Freedom Scientific's PacMate line of products, and so on. -- Chris Hallsworth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reinhard Stebner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 5:16 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] talking key board developed in India
> Question here: > > What is the difference between this device and let's say a traditional > keyboard. I have no problem with using a keyboard on a normal laptop. > What > makes this device so unique? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of phani > srikanth > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 8:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Blind-Computing] talking key board developed in India > > A group of third year engineering students studying at Cummins College > of Engineering for Women at the city of Pune, India has developed a > Braille keyboard with a speech > feedback that will make typing easy for the visually impaired. the > device will help visually impaired students to write their examination > papers on their own, without the assistance of another person. > "This keyboard has six keys out of which there are three special keys. > Any blind person can easily use these six keys. There are three > special keys > called done, space and delete. Once a blind person finishes typing an > alphabet, he can press done and if he feels he has to delete what he > has typed, > he can press delete. The keyboard has been designed exactly like the > Braille language matrix with three additional > keys. The device consists of a Braille keyboard connected to a micro > controller and a text to speech (TTS) converter, which gives output as > sound that > can be heard by using headphone or speakers. and they also plan to develop > its > various language versions. "This is like a Braille slate. It is > similar to that. We can use it without any problem. > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
