[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Google's Braille logo today

Dina Lerret bunniqula at gmail.com
Fri Jan 6 13:45:59 UTC 2006


On 1/6/06, Sherry Gomes <sherriola at earthlink.net> wrote:

> For others on the list, a pac Mate, or a braille note, are PDA's for the
> blind, quite a bit bigger than a regular one, but still smaller than a
> traditional lap top.  they have speech and refreshable braille displays.  A
> refreshable braille display is a line of cells that display braille dots,
> showing what is on the screen, if it's attached to a regular PC.  one of
> these PDA devices for the blind does not have a screen, but the concept is
> the same.
>
> hard to explain, I think.

Website with some models:
http://enablemart.com/productDetail.aspx?pid=1286&dept=12&store=10

GMail conveniently popped up the link when I opened this thread. {g}

Another GMail thing that amuses me are those Spam receipes when you
open your spam folder.  Then there's recycling facts for the trash
folder.  Though, this requires javascript enabled, which I often
disable at home or my computer curls up and dies.

Dina




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