[raspberry-vi] Re: A low cost Raspberry based computer for the blind (Amanda and Rich)
- From: "David Arocho" <darocho@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 07:02:54 -0400
You state:
<Part of the problem may have been the fact that [the Braille Plus Project]
only "utilized available
open source software", rather than encouraging their users to add software,
let alone posting their work on a public archive for others to build upon.>
Yes, your comment is right on; that is an important lesson to learn.
Can you also comment on the question: why Raspian rather than Android?
After all, there is already a much larger user base of the Android operating
system, and all over the world blind persons already own the phones which
bring along the necessary audio hardware and software components?
David
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Subject: [raspberry-vi] Re: A low cost Raspberry based computer for the
blind (Amanda and Rich)
David Arocho wrote:
These ideas are not new. As a matter of fact the American Printing House
for the Blind brought out a linux driven note taker about seven years ago,
called the Braille Plus. It utilized available open source software. The
daisy reader was excellent, the mail application worked flawlessly, but
the
web browser was agonizingly slow and the editor was not too great. All in
all, though, it was a very well thought out machine. I still have one
that
works. The problem, however, was the price of $1300.
Part of the problem may have been the fact that it only "utilized available
open source software", rather than encouraging their users to add software,
let alone posting their work on a public archive for others to build upon.
-r
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