I think you would do better with a ssd solid state hard drive
instead. It would run much faster then, more like the quickness of a
braille-sense or laptop with an ssd.
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On 9/3/2015 1:19 PM, Willem van der
Walt wrote:
Hi John,
Indeed, the hardware spec is not there.
Here are the basics:
Sa-note hardware specification
- Processor: Intel® dual-core Atom™ D525
1.8Ghz, 1MB Cache, 667MHz FSB
- Memory: 4GB, DDR3, 1600, Notebook 204PIN single module
- Hard Drive: 320GB, 5400RPM, 2.5", SATA 1
- Features: 4 x USB 2.0; built-in microphones and speakers, 1 x
headphone socket, 1 x line
out socket, 1 x
external microphone socket, VGA adapter, audio device: Intel
Corporation
NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller, rj45
ethernet, embedded
802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN, Bluetooth
- Battery life: Six to seven hours
On Thu, 3 Sep 2015, John Heim wrote:
I can't find the specifications anywhere
on that site. What kind of cpu does it have? How much ram and
how big is the disk? What kind of external ports does it have?
On 09/03/2015 10:46 AM, Willem van der Walt wrote:
We have done a linux note taker.
see http://www.sa-note.com.
For more details email me at wvdwalt csir co za
I did not follow the previous thread, but in short, our device
runs both orca and speakup and is menu-driven in the
speakup/console mode as well as of course, when using orca.
It is not running the latest gui stuff.
Regards, Willem
On Thu, 3 Sep 2015, John Heim wrote:
I think you're right about the
business opportunity. I have no interest in starting a
business but I've been toying with the idea of building a
linux notetaker for years now. It started when my department
gave me a Soekris 4801. This is a computer about the size
and shape of a VHS video tape. It has just 256M of ram and
the equivalent of a 486 processor. But it's more than 10
years old. I just got a 4Gb CF drive for it. Anyway, 10
years ago, I put linux, brltty, andspeakup on it and used it
like a braille notetaker.
I don't know if you could make any money this way but you
can probably find a machine similar to a Soekris and attach
a USB keyboard and headset. I don't think you'd want
something from Soekris itself. That company specializes in
small computers with a lot of ethernet ports. You're
supposed to build your own network switches with them. You'd
want something with extra USB ports and just one ethernet
port.
Every once in a while, I poke around on the internet looking
for the right hardware. If I could find a netbook without a
screen that I could install linux on, I'd have what I want.
On 09/02/2015 03:00 PM, Josh K wrote:
I am not a coder. never could really
get the hang of it. well I can make little bash scripts
that runs commands in sequence to do things. that's about
it though for me. but if I ever went back to college I
would get a laptop throw a solid state hard drive into it
and make a ubuntu noteTaker out of it probably. hmmmmmm, I
wonder if I could make a business out of that somehow?
laptops with ubuntu linux or maybe sonar linux whatever
worked on the machine throw in a ssd and a voxin license
on top of a stable linux distro and sell ubuntu
notetakers? It could be a business opportunity for me? if
it works?
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On 9/2/2015 10:22 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
The problem is that not everyone
can be expected to know how to code. If Linux is only
for coders, which its not, considering all the little
games out there for it, then I'm sure most sighted Linux
users would have put the OS down years ago. You can't
expect everyone to be coders and be able to fix
accessibility problems.'
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 2, 2015, at 6:55 AM, kk
<krmane gmail com> wrote:
Often we see that some part of the accessibility stack
or the other gets broken inadvertently
Imagine what would happen if for example some day for
some time the accessibility of our settings panel in
gnome is broken for some reason?
It will be fixed sooner or later but till then what
will happen?
We will have no access to orca preference itself.
The case of accessibility is different.
We certainly need a way out and Orca accessibility in
all aspects is crucial. So we must have a dedicated
hot key for accessing Orca prefs.
Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.
On Wednesday 02 September 2015
04:45 PM, Tony Baechler wrote:
On 9/1/2015 10:24 AM, B.
Henry wrote:
Well, it's not unreasonalble to ask users to read
a bit of documentation to learn a keystroke or two
when trying a new desktop, but unless I'm missing
something folks like myself who use a window
manager such as fluxbox and fill in accessibility
gaps with custom scripts would be left out in the
cold if
an orca prefs window was done away with.
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree. I think that in
this case, it is unreasonable to expect people to be
required to read documentation in order to figure
out how to set their Orca prefs. That attitude in
general is why so many people, both blind and
sighted, either are put off by Linux, won't try it
in the first place or give up without ever
installing it and giving it a fair chance. I don't
have a problem expecting people to read a basic
accessibility guide and I agree that once people
have learned the basics that they should be expected
to read the docs, but expecting them to read the
docs before they even get started is asking too
much. Other than your first statement, I agree with
what I think you're trying to say. I think you're
agreeing with my previous post on the subject which
is that regardless of what desktop or window
manager, there needs to be a universal keystroke to
access the Orca prefs. I don't think people should
have to read the docs to find it, how
e
ver.
What would be good is for Orca
to open the prefs window automatically when it's
started from a live environment so people don't have
to hunt around to find them. Maybe could a command
line switch like --prefs be added for this? I
thought there was already such a switch, but I
didn't see it when reading "orca --help" on my
Ubuntu MATE 15.04 system.
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