Yep okay what I meant was that there's no user knowledge required to use the system but a little knowledge may be needed to configure the system as with a PC or Mac.
to explain I suppose as many of you may not know what a Raspberry Pi is, its a computer, just the circuit board without a case or any accessaries and here's where help or a little knowledge may come in as you need to obviously put the computer in a box of some kind, that task is easily enough done though, I know with the 18 or so Pi computers I have here, some are in boxes that the board just slides into. Because of the nature of the Pi there are many and varied cases available and the one I'm talking about is just one of dozens. Then of course you have to add the accessaries you want to meet your needs and environment so this is what I was talking about previously, much as you would with a Windows or a Mac, you'll need a speaker of some sort obviously or else you won't be able to use the "Daisy Pi" at all! we recommend a passive loudspeaker - that is to say its not a powered computer speaker system - it just plugs into to the headphone port on the "Pi", you can of course use headphones if you so desire. Then you have to connect an interface of some sort to one of the USB ports on the "Pi", we're using a dongle with an infra red remote controller, the sort of thing you often see with TV sets and DVD players but you could use a keyboard if you prefer, we chose the remote unit as its far less bulky than a keyboard and is portable and small like the "Pi". And finally you have to insert a USB stick with your Daisy content on it, I'm not entirely satisfied with this method I have to admit and we would very much like to have some online way of retrieving Daisy content by having the "Pi" connected to the Internet, the Internet connection is the simple part but just how much will that make the whole thing harder to use? We reasoned that if users of Daisy players out there already know how to move data from point A to point B as you have to do say with the Book Sense or the Victor Reader Stream then we could use the same concept with the "pi". Again, we're not expecting the world to fall at our feet and nor are we expecting people to abandon the purchase of commercially available Daisy players, this is an alternative wwe're working on as a project in the hope it may help those who are students or others who don't have a whole heap of money, we chose the "Pi" because of its flexibility, take the "Daisy Pi" SD card out and replace it with one which contains data tools such as a Word Processor, Spreadsheet etc. Hope that goes some way to explaining eveyrthing. On 3 Nov 2013, at 3:54 am, Stores, Mary A. <[email protected]> wrote: > First you said there isn't any need for knowledge, then you said you have to > configure stuff if you want something more, like for different reading > environments. It's great, Dane, that you are proud of your technology. But it > is also too bad you have to knock other people down for their technology > choices. You can't beat free, and if you already have the screen reader > knowledge to begin with (most people do because they have to use one with > their DAISY player) then I would just accept you like your DAISY Pie better. > > Mary > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 10:16 AM > > > To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! > Subject: Re: DAISY Players; [Was "Next Generation Braille Notetaker Just > Released"] > > Big difference, we're talking about a system that doesn't require any > knowledge to get it running, that's the main point, all the user need do with > "Daisy Pi" is plug it in and turn it on, wait a few seconds and the user > hears "Daisy Pi Is Ready" and at that point you read to your hearts content. > > You don't have to have a Screen Reader, you don't need to know how Windows 8 > or any other operating system works etc. > > For want of a better way of putting it, "Daisy Pi" is like having a Book > Sense, a Victor Reader Stream, A Plextalk etc, only difference being that the > "Pi" can be configured for more situations and environments. > > Its unfortunate that we decided not to put everything into one box as is the > case with something like the Book Sense, doing this just adds cost to the > whole project and we wanted to make the whole thing as cheaply as possible, > in affect all the user has to do is to purchase a "Pi" and other accessaries > tuned to his or her needs. > > When we feel a little more confident with "Daisy Pi" and how its working > we'll be offering to send out SD cards, these cards contain both the "Daisy > Pi" software and the LYNUX operating service so all the user has to do is to > insert the SD card, "Plug In" and "Switch on". > > > > ======================================= > > The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web > pages located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at > either of the following websites: > > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html > > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. 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