Its certainly usable enough, on the odd occasion I come across something which won't work but that's not that often, I paid $120.00 for my Samsung model and for what I get out of it the price was well worth paying.
These things aren't steller power houses so if you're looking for that then forget a Chrombox. On 5 Dec 2013, at 12:32 pm, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona <[email protected]> wrote: > speaking of the chromebox how accessible is that machine? > have been considdering a chrome box but was unsure if a totally blind person > could use it\ > Hank > > On 12/4/2013 10:46 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Just been reading my local paper which has a technology section appearing >> every Thursday and one of the featured topics this week was the new voice >> recognition which is in beta found in Google Chrome. >> >> I don't know how accessible Google Chrome is JAWS or Window-Eyes these days >> but I do know that it appeared to be reasonably accessible with NVDA last >> time I tried it which was a little while ago so perhaps things have advanced >> since then? >> >> Anyway back to the point of voice recognition, if you use the search >> facility at google.com you can say something like "Okay Google Search" to >> activate the voice recognition system and then just tell Google what you're >> searching for, the computer will speak the results back in a summary and >> display them on the screen. >> >> This facility is also available in several model of Android phone though I'm >> yet to discover exactly which one's though I suspect that the Nexus range - >> given that they usually get the most recent and updated versions of the >> Android Operating system - would be a fair bet for these features. >> >> I have a Samsung Chromebox here so I'll be taking it for an update trip >> across the World Wide Web later on today and see if I'm able to use the >> voice recognition with its version of the Chrome browser. >> >> >> >> ********** >> >> 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> >> >> --------------------------------------- > > > ======================================= > > 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> ---------------------------------------
