I take your point, maybe to you to yes however as I said, we're doing it for our own satisfaction more than anything else and if it can benefit anyone then fine! and it proves the point I made earlier, if anyone tries to develop or work on anything then they seem to be immediately shunned.
On 3 Nov 2013, at 6:54 am, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > This sounds a bit like driving a hundred mile round trip to go and visit your > next door neighbour. > > Kind regards > > <--- Gordon Smith ---> > > <[email protected]> > > Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; > Providing Help & Support To Young People LivingWith Visual Impairment, plus > Braille Transcription services. > > > On 2 Nov 2013, at 17:07, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > ======================================= > > 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. The feed is at: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > --------------------------------------- ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 ======================================= 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. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
