On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:09:13 -0700, John Locke wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:43:13 -0500, "DFS" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>>> On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:01:49 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Device Profile: Levelstar Icon PDA for visually-impaired users
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> Levelstar used embedded Linux to create a PDA (personal digital
>>>>> assistant) for visually impaired users. The "Icon" has a custom
>>>>> hardware design with built-in 30GB hard drive, WiFi, Bluetooth, and
>>>>> USB, and comes with a full complement of "life managing software,"
>>>>> much of it written from scratch for blind users.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3329252460.html
>>>
>>> As is often the case, Roy once again lies in his subject line. In
>>> this cease, Linux was used to address some of the needs of the
>>> visually impaired, that does not mean that Linux *IN GENERAL*
>>> addresses all the needs of the visual impaired, as the headline
>>> suggests.
>>>
>>> Why do you feel it is so important to twist every headline to mean
>>> something that the article doesn't say Roy?
>>
>>'Cause he's Roy 'Lying Spamming Idiot' Schestowitz,
> That's not nice.
>>and he thinks the >visually-impaired will see his headline and believe Linux is for them...
> He didn't say that.
>>whoops, nobody told Roy the visually-impaired don't read cola.
> Yes they do.
There's at least one blind or nearly blind reader/poster in COLA, but just
now I can't recall his nym (maybe he'll step up and identify himself?)
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Kier
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