We might be being a bit harsh in our feedback to these students. There is a lot of technology out there but not necessarily at an affordable cost. A PacMate in the UK costs over £1,000 . The last time I looked at a Maestro PDA GPS system this was £1,400. This cost certainly puts me off. It may be that the students in India have not researched their market, however they may have produced something affordable. We should perhaps ask questions like what benefits such a piece of kit would have over a Screenreader on a pen drive for example. There may be an application that is not immediately obvious, particularly in the context of India. I believe that the more options there are the better.
I think it is right we should feedback our experience of existing products We certainly should not discourage attempts at innovation, particularly if this creates low cost flexible access. Regards David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlene Knight Sent: Monday, 02 June 2008 16:54 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] SPAM-MED: Re: talking key board developed inIndia Hi: Chris, this doesn't even sound as advanced as the PDA or PacMate. It sounds as if It's just a keyboard that would plug into a computer port perhaps. On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 08:36:05 +0100, you wrote: >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. 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]
