Yeah we get clobbered as you put it for everything over here. So using the netbooks now is a great thing. Mine is great the harddrive is the same size as my main pc in terms of copasity the ram is only 1 gb but that's usable and the cpu is something like a 1.6 and it works fine. It's way slower than what I have now but it does the job just fine. Honestly if this technology was around a few years ago then I wouldn't have entertained any of the blind friendly note taking devices I have bought myself over the years.
-----Original Message----- From: Ray [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 04 June 2009 13:31 To: John Gallagher Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: main stream or not John, with all that gear you should no the ins and outs of it all. Just want to ask though, what's this Small Talking device? Would save me some searching if you tell me, (smile). Certainly the all-in-one integration of these devices does appeal to some, and they usually have supperior batter life too - though as I said, the Netbooks are better now than portable PCs used to be. So, yes it all comes down to cost and convenience. That factor does mean that, in the software arena, you might decide to get by with something like Scan2Text for OCR work selling for around sixty quid, rather than pay six hundred for all the convenience bells and whistles of Kurtzveil. (Even picking that up second hand I fear you might be clobbered in the UK for re-registering it, being charged no less than £75 for just changing the name and address that goes with the licence number.) Maybe many listers won't know what I mean but, in a UK context, makes MPs scamms look not quite so bad. Ray. Ray John Gallagher wrote: Hi there list. Very interesting Darran concerning about a voice sense or a pda or netbook. I personally have the best of all worlds using the braille sense plus a netbook and a main computer. You have to ask yourself what and why do you want the machines. I love my braille sense the ability to read in braille the tnauk newspapers and also the ability to listen to streams of the net. my netbook is fantastic as it is windows xp and has every thing on it I need. the braille on the bsp is also very good for the gps when on trains buses and even walking about. I am away from home a good deal playing chess or piano tuning so portability is everything. in this situation my netbook scores as regards to the net as I have a usb mobile stick pay as you go that somehow let's me listen to talking books via my netbook and use skype without any charge. I cannot explain this but this is the truth about this point. my bsp I have to connect via my mobile phone using the bluetooth connection or walking hot spot which makes the phone useable as a wireles device. so to sum up it all depends on what your needs are. another use with my netbook is I can hear my local football tem commentary and the yorkshire cricket commentary. I cannot do this with my braille sense plus as for example the cricket is only for real player. maybe in the upgrades with the bsp this may alter. as Ray said if you are looking at the voice sense you do not think about the braille but for me the braille is great. I think gwmicro are the best blind orientated company and I am waiting for the small talking player they will bring out soon to come out. I wonder if we will see one at sight village. hth If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.52/2152 - Release Date: 06/04/09 05:53:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.52/2152 - Release Date: 06/04/09 05:53:00 If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
