BTSpeak really is a pretty cool device.

[nicksworld@mastodon.stickbear.me]

@pixelate @ner @menelion I'd sooner buy a Mantis.

[pixelate@tweesecake.social]

@menelion @ner @NicksWorld A good $20. $80 with a case and fan. $100 or so with the Pi built into a keyboard.

[pixelate@tweesecake.social]

@NicksWorld @menelion @ner I really want to see a Mantis. We don't have one. But it'd work so much better with Android.

[nicksworld@mastodon.stickbear.me]

@pixelate @menelion @ner I've only seen one once and liked it. I don't know if it would work on my iPhone.

[menelion@dragonscave.space]

@pixelate @ner @NicksWorld Okay, a hundred bucks, let it be. given their name and fame, they are selling them like hot pies, so no point to overprice ten times. Of course, there is some time for software development, but still, not a $1000 device.

[menelion@dragonscave.space]

@NicksWorld @pixelate @ner Of course it will, Jonathan Mosen uses Mantis with his iPhone constantly.

[nicksworld@mastodon.stickbear.me]

@menelion @pixelate @ner You could also say the same about a Victor stream or a Sense player, but people still buy them.

[menelion@dragonscave.space]

@NicksWorld @pixelate @ner Those are wholly written from scratch software-wise, plus the quality. I mean, I don't know about Sense Player, but Victor Reader Stream, at least the second one, was rock solid and you didn't have to use something as flaky and unreliable as Linux Desktop.

[pixelate@tweesecake.social]

@NicksWorld @ner @menelion Alienware never released there's but it would have had an Intel processor and so could run Windows. So it would have talked even better than the BT Seak lol.

[nicksworld@mastodon.stickbear.me]

@menelion @pixelate @ner Okay, I'd buy the 3rd edition if I could touch the damn thing.

[pixelate@tweesecake.social]

@menelion @NicksWorld @ner I'd buy it for $300 tops. The BT Braille I'd buy for $800 with Orbit Braille tech.

[pixelate@tweesecake.social]

@NicksWorld @ner @menelion Oh yeah it's works on iPhones.

[menelion@dragonscave.space]

@pixelate @NicksWorld @ner Also, to be honest, for me BtSpeak is a psychological thing. I deeply respect David Goldfield, he's the man. But how they advertized it on Jonathan's podcast, like: "Windows is dying, nobody needs it, see, in Linux I can do everything, even H and Shift+H in the browser!!". Like it's the only thing I need from a browser, huh?

[nicksworld@mastodon.stickbear.me]

@pixelate @menelion @ner I bought the orbit writer. I like having it because of the input system.

[menelion@dragonscave.space]

@pixelate @NicksWorld @ner Absolutely!

[pixelate@tweesecake.social]

@menelion @ner @NicksWorld Goodness. Windows, dying? No it is not. You know what I need from a browser? Speed and consistency. And Orca doesn't even have sounds for focus and browse mode yet. So like you could be typing into a field and then zoom now you're somewhere else cause the page reloaded and browse mode is on. Oh also they're on Debian stable so no Orca 50 for like a year after it comes out.

[nicksworld@mastodon.stickbear.me]

@pixelate @menelion @ner Windows is my main driver for a reason and its because it works. Linux is for a specific kind of person, one who knows advanced computer stuff.

[baxaphobia@caneandable.social]

@NicksWorld @pixelate @menelion @ner The mantis does work with an Iphone.

[nicksworld@mastodon.stickbear.me]

@baxaphobia @pixelate @menelion @ner If I'm right, you have one? Okay, that's good to know. I really like the idea of a mantis.

[menelion@dragonscave.space]

@NicksWorld @pixelate @ner It's not about advanced stuff, it's about flaky accessibility and unreliable audio system and desktop environment in Linux.