BTSpeak really is a pretty cool device.
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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.
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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.
@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?
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@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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@menelion @NicksWorld @ner I'd buy it for $300 tops. The BT Braille I'd buy for $800 with Orbit Braille tech.
@pixelate @NicksWorld @ner Absolutely!
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@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?
@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.
