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| 4410.1 | notebook | SALES::JOSHI | Pradeep Joshi, DTN:244-7093 | Wed Feb 07 1996 16:36 | 4 |
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The Road Ahead by Bill Gates on page 73 has a picture of a notebook and at
the bottom of the picture it says 1995:Multimedia notebook computer by
Digital Equipment Corporation.
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| 4410.2 | | STAR::MKIMMEL | | Wed Feb 07 1996 17:40 | 1 |
| Wait a second - you mean Bill Gates is blind?
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| 4410.3 | My kind of blind, however... | ACISS1::CORSON | Higher, and a bit more to the right | Wed Feb 07 1996 17:49 | 10 |
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Absolutely....
He partners with Digital, COMPAQ, Intel, Silicon Graphics, SONY,
anybody who will pay him in US dollars...
the Greyhawk
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| 4410.4 | | CBHVAX::CBH | Lager Lout | Wed Feb 07 1996 17:50 | 5 |
| > Wait a second - you mean Bill Gates is blind?
no, he's just a ... never mind, I'd get moderated anyway!
Chris.
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| 4410.5 | | STAR::MKIMMEL | | Wed Feb 07 1996 18:53 | 10 |
| I saw that Dateline piece too.
Yes - the "digital" logo was there, but it was pretty hard to see.
The Intel logo, though, was very easy to see.
Still - great that it was there - and to be associated with such a
product.
But the thing that really struck me about it was - how appropriate
an input device is this for a blind person. How does one deal with
typing errors, for example.
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| 4410.6 | Add DECTALK? | POWDML::YENDER | | Thu Feb 08 1996 08:29 | 2 |
| Hmm... How about matching DECTALK with GPS and HINOTE???
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| 4410.7 | | SALES::JOSHI | Pradeep Joshi, DTN:244-7093 | Thu Feb 08 1996 10:15 | 12 |
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Re.4410.2
My entry is just to highlight the mention of a similar Digital product in
his book. I don't wish anybody to be blind and will not use the reference
of word blind for any sort of humor or humorous attempt. Eyesight is
priceless, know someone who is loosing it or does't have it than
you will understand what I am trying to say.
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| 4410.8 | Arkenstone | NETRIX::"[email protected]" | Stu Maleeff | Thu Feb 08 1996 12:44 | 20 |
| My wife is a recent graduate of The Seeing Eye in Morristown, NJ and,
while there, was given a demo by the Arkenstone people. I have their
brochure in front of me.
The product demonstrated on Dateline is their 'Strider' product used for
navigating the streets using GPS positioning data, a Hi-Note laptop and
a voice output. They also have a desktop map product called 'Atlas
Speaks' that uses DECTalk and a minimum number of keyboard strokes.
Additionally, they offer screen access programs (JAWS and Vocal-Eyes)
that work with DECTalk.
Arkenstone is located in Sunnyvale, CA - phone 408/752-2200.
Finally, if you're ever looking for a place to donate some of your hard
earned funds, The Seeing Eye is a worthy candidate to consider. The dogs
that they breed and train are unbelievable assets to the visually
impaired partner. The Dateline story stressed that as good as the
Strider technology is, the Guide Dog is still the vital link in getting
the individual to be independently mobile.
[Posted by WWW Notes gateway]
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| 4410.9 | | STAR::MKIMMEL | | Thu Feb 08 1996 18:13 | 5 |
| RE .7
My mother has been creating braille books for the public library
for many years. Believe me, I an not insensitive to the issue.
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| 4410.10 | might be a DECtalk Express synthesizer.. | TEKVAX::KOPEC | we're gonna need another Timmy! | Tue Feb 13 1996 10:56 | 11 |
| Hm.. "Strider" might very well be using a DECtalk Express for the
speech part; quite a while ago (maybe 5 months) we had an alpha unit
here in MRO to iron out some minor quirks..
Arkenstone is a close partner of ours..
Unfortunately, it only had map data for the San Jose area in it at the
time, so it wasn't much fun to play with..
...tom
(E&RT Assistive Technology Group)
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