BTSpeak really is a pretty cool device.
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@ner @NicksWorld Raspberry Pi with a Braille keyboard, custom apps like a note pad and media player, with access to the Linux shell and a desktop mode. Desktop mode is rather sluggish but serviceable for the target audience who loved the Braille and Speak.
@pixelate @ner @NicksWorld And super mega giga overpriced.
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BTSpeak really is a pretty cool device. Having used it, I do kind of regret not giving it more of a try than I did, but I didn't understand how to navigate and basically deal with all the computer braille stuff. Now it has really cool new features. #Blind
@NicksWorld Used it myself a little while back. Was pretty neat.
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@pixelate @ner @NicksWorld And super mega giga overpriced.
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@pixelate @ner @NicksWorld And super mega giga overpriced.
@menelion @NicksWorld @ner Yeah a good $1000. I seriously wish they had used something more powerful than a Raspberry Pi but I feel like they didn't expect to need as much power for Linux and Orca and accessibility as they did. And now they're stuck with it. So they try to get as much out of traditional mode as they can without users needing to trudge through desktop mode.
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@NicksWorld @pixelate @ner Also overpriced, I don't disagree. However, for a Raspberry Pi with a keyboard and some software... I mean.
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@menelion @NicksWorld @ner Yeah a good $1000. I seriously wish they had used something more powerful than a Raspberry Pi but I feel like they didn't expect to need as much power for Linux and Orca and accessibility as they did. And now they're stuck with it. So they try to get as much out of traditional mode as they can without users needing to trudge through desktop mode.
@pixelate @NicksWorld @ner I mean, how much is a Raspberry Py? $5? $20?
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@NicksWorld @pixelate @ner Also overpriced, I don't disagree. However, for a Raspberry Pi with a keyboard and some software... I mean.
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@NicksWorld @ner @menelion Yeah but it's running full Windows, has a Braille display, and has 32 GB RAM. But yes it is also overpriced.
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@NicksWorld @ner @menelion Yeah but it's running full Windows, has a Braille display, and has 32 GB RAM. But yes it is also overpriced.
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@pixelate @NicksWorld @ner I mean, how much is a Raspberry Py? $5? $20?
@menelion @ner @NicksWorld A good $20. $80 with a case and fan. $100 or so with the Pi built into a keyboard.
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@NicksWorld @menelion @ner I really want to see a Mantis. We don't have one. But it'd work so much better with Android.
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@NicksWorld @menelion @ner I really want to see a Mantis. We don't have one. But it'd work so much better with Android.
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@menelion @ner @NicksWorld A good $20. $80 with a case and fan. $100 or so with the Pi built into a keyboard.
@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.
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@NicksWorld @pixelate @ner Of course it will, Jonathan Mosen uses Mantis with his iPhone constantly.
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@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.
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@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.
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@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.
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@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.
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@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 @NicksWorld @ner I'd buy it for $300 tops. The BT Braille I'd buy for $800 with Orbit Braille tech.
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@NicksWorld @ner @menelion Oh yeah it's works on iPhones.
