Thank you Alex,
I work in rehab, and I donate a
lot of my time, and care a lot about empowering the Blind, and I don't like
it when folks give us a bad wrap.
I too use a notetaker, and the
only negative thing about them, is the fact that they come out with
out-dated technology.
I hope that now makers of
notetakers like HW, will use something like the Raspberry PI or Banana PI
inside.
I have been planning on putting
one of my Raspberry PIs inside an old notetaker with a Braille keyboard, and
sending the keyboard entries through the GPIO pins.
Some folks have done this with
joy-sticks, so it should work for a Braille keyboard.
I can expand the case and fit a
battery inside, as well as a hard drive and WIFI dongle.
That is more likely a winter
project though.
But if it works, I will be
running Linux and Orca on it.
Glenn
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 12:50:55 -0500
From: Alex
Midence <
alex midence gmail com>
To:
"'Kyle'" <
kyle4jesus gmail com>,
<
orca-list gnome org>
Subject:
Re: [orca-list] linux notetaker (was gui)
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You need to get your facts straight and
you also need to do something about your condescending rhetoric. It is
extremely off-putting and quite offensive. Note taker's are not
dead. I use mine every day and know many others who do. I find
it invaluable in corporate meetings where I have to be able to listen and
contribute but want to read over handouts and make notes. I use it in
church to read before the congregation. I use it at night to read
bedtime stories to my children. I also use it for learning new skills
as it has a braille display and can play daisy books. Some things are
better assimilated via reading. And, yes, I got it from a government
agency and no, I do not feel guilty because I have been a gainfully employed
tax payer for about the last 20 years which means I helped pay for it.
I am glad and profoundly greatful for the existence of organizations such as
the ones you so blithely and disrespectfully refer to because of all the
good they do for many man
y other people. A lot of the folks
who work there are underpaid and overworked but still do what they do
because they care enormously and believe greatly in empowering blind people
in many ways besides technology. They should be recognized as a
valuable treasure for the blind community and lauded for all the good that
they do instead of disparaged by people in the very communities they exist
to serve. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Alex
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