Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hi.Darn I'm disappointed, this sounded like an excellent project, I really wanted one, I'm very sad this is the end of this notetaker at least for now. I hope it can be finished someday, I think something like this would benefit us all! Really

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I really like the idea of the cheep notetaker... URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=347880#p347880 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin

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Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I really do hate this.  so what if there is a $80 tablet. It has it's downsides, it has good things, so does this one. I personally love the idea, I mean, if it at the same time can be something very simple for nubies it still can be advanced

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I really don't get that type of thing, I mean, the dude was trying to make something for the betterment of his fellows, and someone gotta come here and shit all over it. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=347554#p347554

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker MODERATION!@joshknnd1982, your overall attitude out here towards devs and their products, particularly this one as reported by devoted forumites is bordering on insulting!  Please, do us a favor and curb it before we have to do it for you! URL

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker right, this has been happening time and time again by the same poster even though people here have been very patient and considerate with the person (mentioned above). I was pretty interested on that notetaker since i lost the one I had bought

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker @manuelcortez Since you said this was open sourced, honestly what I would do at this point is just put the source code up on your website or gethub or similar. It would make things a lot easier on you, because people can modify the source

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker @manuelcortez Since you said this was open sourced, honestly what I would do at this point is just put the source code up on your website or gethub or similar. It would make things a lot easier on you. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I certainly agree with @Defender as far as not being respectful to the OP and his project. Even if it doesn't seem like something that would be useful or appealing to you, there are so many different people who could benefit. Like Manuel

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I'm amazed that Joshknnd1982 didn't get publicly warned by the mods for pulling that ridiculous bullshit.Multiple posts about the same fucking thing, constant harassment of the OP, essentially advertising a commercial product...If 1982

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I'm amazed that Joshknnd1982 didn't get warned by the mods for pulling that ridiculous bullshit.Multiple posts about the same fucking thing, constant harassment of the OP, essentially advertising a commercial product...If 1982 is the year Josh

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Yes, the cheapest notetaker in Czech republic costs 3000 usd. I am a writer and I am now in the situation, where I need a notetaker and I have at this time 300 usd which I can invest. I don't want Android tablet with keyboard, Transformer books

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hi,I hope you all are doing well, I just wanted to do Some clarifications.1. I did (almost) all the project's research, and also invested a considerable amount of money in building the first prototype and software that may be included

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker if it weren't the RCA $80 android tablet, then it would have been a $200 hp stream or something similar that came along and killed the project. After all, for education, and noteTaker purposes, you could get something like hp stream, put NVDA

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker @shotgunshellUnfortunately, this is why we can never have nice things. (or at least never for long) URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=346953#p346953 ___ Audiogames-reflector

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I think I know why the project died. "Hey guys, I have something that's better than the MK speak, it's an RCA tablet, and it's for $80! It has this cool magnetic keyboard dock. BTW, did I tell you about this cool RCA tablet for $80? Guys

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker not sure. maybe it died? like other projects that came, were here for awhile or were just concepts, and then died? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=346943#p346943

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker What happened with this great project? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=346910#p346910 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I believe he's aiming to sell it for 300 bucks. You're right in that it's basically a modernized/expanded braille plus concept-wise. Except now you also have a desktop. I'm sure Orca will remain up to date. Unfortunately Viavoice, or Voxin

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker so mk speech would be sort of like the old braillePlus that ran Linux? where you had a menu, suite of apps, but then if you are more advanced you could run a console with speakup, right? and if you guys use the mate desktop and strip some

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Alright Josh, first of all calm down with the multiple posts. No offense dude, but it gets frustrating going through heading after heading. If you wanna write a novel, do it in a post or two, that's no problem. Also, as great as the rca tablet

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hello,@joshknnd1982 I understand your viewpoint, but In my opinion even if Android is getting well in Accessibility related stuff, I think there are some things we couldn't control (even if they say Talkback is Open source), it needs more

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Manuels notetaker does not come with a Braille display, and the Android tablet does not either. Braille back is an app which lets you connect a Braille display to Android. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=302311#p302311

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hello.@Johshk, I'm a little confused here this android tablet comes with a braille display out of the box? Or is that something else you have to buy? I have an android tablet could I set mine up like that?@Manuel, I just came across this topic

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hi.If you buy a notetaker made for blind people, you are guaranteed you are getting an accessible product where everything works out of the box. If you get an Android tablet, you might get a modified version of Android which means things might

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Manuel, I for one would look forward to owning one of these. For one thing, a tablet with a keyboard dock is too big and takes up too much surface area, especially for those who travel a lot as I do. To be able to have something more along

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker better off getting it from walmart. just go to walmart.com put in the search RCA tablet and it should be the first result that comes up. I also like it because it comes with google docs sheets and slides and they work good with talkback. I just

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I think the guy with the RCA tablet is getting paid. Seriously dude we get the point I think you're going a little too hard with the advertisements. LOL   By the way if you're going to do that much advertising give us an Amazon link. Or a link

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker all the stuff you are doing though manuel is already done for you on the play store in google. why not just take android 5.0 or 5.1 or even up to 6.0 custom rom with your own android launcher and app suite and stuff throw it on a RCA tablet

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker also guys I cannot believe that for just $80 united states dollars, I have a great notetaker with magnetic snap in physical keyboard and braille support with the orbit reader20 prototype and brailleback and touch braille with soft braille

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker also guys I hardly ever use the touch screen on my RCA android tablet. I keep it snapped into its magnetic snap in physical keyboard dock use it in laptop mode and use the keyboard 95% of the time. i just use touch with some apps i have

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker hey manuel. I have a suggestion. start your project over. but this time develop your notetaker main menu and apps as a combination android launcher and app suite to go along with it. then just encourage people to go buy RCA voyager or galileo

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker you don't need a note taker. just get one of the RCA android tablets with its magnetic snap in physical keyboard dock. want a tablet? pull up on the screen, the screen detaches from the keyboard and you got a touch screen only tablet. want

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker why? again I ask why do I need such a notetaker when the RCA galileo pro that runs android and android sits on top of linux. and my galileo pro has a physical keyboard dock and built in screen reader accessible at first setup. you can use

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker why should I pay $300 or so for a notetaker, when I can do the exact same thing with my $80 RCA galileo pro android tablet with talkback screen reader and brailleBack and if I want touch braille, soft braille keyboard app? URL: http

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker yes i agree. I got a RCA galileo pro tablet from walmart with physical keyboard dock and built in screen reader for $80 united states dollars. And with the right apps you got a great note-taker and media player already. the RCA galileo pro

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Fenrir is in English. I've heard demos of the notetaker's software in action and it's English is pretty solid. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=301501#p301501 ___ Audiogames

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Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Ah, that's good to hear that you've taken durability into consideration, because even the most careful of us can drop or hit things accidentally. I have never heard of this fenrir screen reader, is it in english? I do of course know Orca.You

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker hello,@ironcross32 3d printing is very complex because there are lots and lots of materials and every day new kind of designs are possible. Currently I am working with a guy who is helping me with 3d printing, he has knowledge about this matter

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker The biggest appeal I see for this is actually marketed in other countries where government agencies don't exist, or don't have the budget to buy equipment for their blind students. I do have some questions though. First off, you mentioned 3D

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I agree with that statement, I also think it would be great for college life.  Because as you know, carrying around a laptop can be, kind of frustrating, especially if you're like me, and in a wheelchair.  Smaller, is  better so I truly hope

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Tyler, I don't even think the Pi needs a license to be embedded into other devices. Modifying the board, adding parts, you name it, it's all part of the nature of a diy device. It's why they have the Pi0 which is more suited for embedded

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hello,@28 Exactly because it will be open source it's why it will be more protected against this kind of situations. Say that you want to use the operating system, in fact you could. Being the software open source, nothing would stop you

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I think what a lot of people are forgetting is that this notetaker is primarily intended for developing countries, where people probably don't have as much money. In this situation, Linux is really the best way to go, because it's completely

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker there's a few things you might want to considder. 1. Being the fact that you're using a linux system for your main OS, that could lose you some money. The reason why, is that, since it's open source, anyone could copy it  and make new versions

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker You've got a good point there Turtlepower, and let me add to that by pointing out that not everyone wants a computer either. I'm not talking just general users, but take a school scenario for example. A vision teacher may not want to throw

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I can see something like this picking up where the original Braille Plus left off. That was by far my favorite notetaker, which really had a lot of potential to be more than it ultimately was. I hope to see this project succeed. It's true

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hello,@22 didn't know about that software, then it looks much easier to make the SD Card available for windows users. Thank you for the suggestion!@23 yes, It's a raspberry pi and we're designing the different pieces for being printed, yes. So

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Also for those of you who love linux command line you could use Ecasound or if you have a sdr dongle you could do shortwave radio listening through the command line. You could even make videos using pictures and audio files with ffmpeg as well

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hey MK I was wondering it wasn't clear on the web site,so your using a rasbery PI for the mother board? And did you get help with the 3d printing? This could be a grate linux computer when its all said and done. MK would love to get my hands

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Windows hates the ext system unless you have extra software, and yes I am recommend the *purchase* of another piece of software but it's definitely worth it. Paragon ExtFS is a low-level system driver that will embed extended filesystem support

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Yea, I am using only class 10 SD Cards for testing, though I still have to test if another filesystem (windows hates EXT family and it's the default for the Pi) can be supported. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=300287

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker For the general user, you could use a removable sd card or nandflash, though if you use a flash it should definitely be compatible with either a windows machine, linux box, or windows/mac machine with ext4 drivers. I say this because I know

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hello,@17 it could be possible, of course. But I have to find a point where most of non-technical users will be confortable with the device, and after that I could think about how this could be modified. Sadly this can't be considered, at least

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker It'd also be nice if we could replace the PI board as the Raspberry Pi evolves. That way you could add worlds first modular notetaker for the blind to it's title. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=300163#p300163

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Do you plan on making the flash removable like the Braillenote Touch? I ask because in the diy open source world, that's usually the case. If the flash were removable, not only would that mean similar benefits to that of the Touch, but would

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Manuel,If you posted each program as you finished them the other programmers could make suggestions as to how to improve the code.I've developed main menus in C plus Plus and Visual Basic 6.My vb6 main menu had single letter hot keys assigned

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hello Phil, I will release all custom software as open source when MKSpeech is released. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=300104#p300104 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Manuel,This sounds very interesting.Will you be posting your main menu source code to  GitHub? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=300097#p300097 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker betcha this will be the cheepest Note Taker on the planet! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=300079#p300079 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hello,@7 exactly, that's the point. There are lots of situations where a notetaker is still needed and of course, people from lots of countries can't afford them.@8 This operating system is based in a Linux OS, that will be updated every two

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I support this project if this device will not be larger than e.g. 10-inch tablet. I tryed using tablets as notetakers (I had both iPad 2 and Samsung Galaxy Tab4 10.1), because they are smaller than laptops and faster than netbooks, but I sold

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker I think this is a really cool idea. I really hope that this project comes to fruition. It would be great if more disabled people in developing countries had access to this technology. It could even spark more interest in the Linux and open

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Sean, it runs a modified Linux distro. With the software being completely open source, I'd assume that it would be available to download as an image. It may, however, be an Arm distribution. But software can be added and removed as you please

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Well, here is 5 bucks for you.But there are a few things that would have to be a bit more.1.  what is the os for this thing, windows 10, linux, etc.Is it a custom os and can it be updated.Is this os going to be available for pcs to.Will

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Well, Blindndangerous, keep in mind that our situation is not the same as some others. We as tech-savy computer users may be just fine using Linux, which I might as well point out that this system will be using Linux, so completely open source

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Yes, this is what I was talking about.  I think you had something about it a while back on twitter. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=299916#p299916 ___ Audiogames-reflector

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hello blindndangerous (sorry, didn't see your post until I have sent mine).I am not sure what post you are talking about (I have sent some posts in the last months), but I think you can read this post. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hello SLJ,Thank you!I am still thinking and trying to look the best options for making the price even more affordable. Right now the problem will be to produce the device in a good amount of units for decreasing the price. I am estimating

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker This is nothing against you, but rather a few questions I see.Why should people care?  What is yours going to bring to the table apart from maybe a lower price?Why a notetaker when laptops/tablets can do a better job then all notetakers

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker This is nothing against you, but rather a few questions I see.Why should people care?  What is yours going to bring to the table apart from maybe a lower price?Why a notetaker when laptops/tablets can do a better job then all notetakers

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

Re: MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hi Manuel.[[wow]], really [[wow]] dude. This is totally extremely amazing... You'll be known world wide for this awesome product, and people will buy this notetaker so fast, so it'll be difficult to produce new devices. Do you have any idea

MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker

MKSpeech: Open source, Low cost notetaker Hello everyone!Today I wanted to show you my most recent project and ask for your support and help for making it a complete device. My goal is to create an open source, low cost notetaker called MKSpeech. When finished, it will allow you to take