Amos,

Check this link:
http://www.svox.com/site/bra840604/emb428616/mob25295437.asp?osLang=1

Apparently, text-to-speech is already being offered, with more choices on
the way.  This represents not just convenience, but for a blind user, a
necessary assistive technology to read text messages on a cell phone.

Bill Peet

Dr. William Peet, CEO
Interest-Driven Learning, Inc.
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New Smyrna Beach, FL  32169
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amos Anyimadu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group"
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Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 2:08 PM
Subject: [SPAM] Re: Re: [DDN] Update on the Simputer


> I want to point out, just in case it has not been mentioned by Taran or
> > others, that the initial Simputer had a text-to-speech synthesizer built
> > into it for several Indian languages, which made it possible for
> > non-literate users to use the computer to 'read' text files written in
> > their
>
>
> Are there mobile phones which would read out txt messages? This could be
> an important application for digital bridges here in Ghana.
>
> amso
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