[access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs

  • From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:14:00 +0100

Steve - Does JFW work then on these UMPCs? -

Andy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:41 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs


| Hi Andy,
|
| I've no idea, I don't use it.
|
| All the best
|
| Steve
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of
| Andy Collins
| Sent: Tuesday 26 August 2008 10:21
| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
|
| Steve - Is there a steep learning curve with Linnux? Is it very different 
to
|
| Windows? -
|
| Andy
| ----- Original Message ----- 
| From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 7:39 AM
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
|
|
|| Hi,
||
|| Linnux has a dedicated screen reader called Speakup.  If you download the
|| Ubuntu distribution, it can even speak the installation process.
||
|| All the best
||
|| Steve
||
|| -----Original Message-----
|| From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
| Of
|| Saqib
|| Sent: Monday 25 August 2008 20:49
|| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
||
|| Hi Steve what speech program can you use with Linux. I was told that 
Linux
|| doesn't support the current market of speech programs.
|| ----- Original Message ----- 
|| From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:23 PM
|| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
||
||
|| > Hi Barry,
|| >
|| > XP Home or Linux.  Both of which will of course, talk.
|| >
|| > All the best
|| >
|| > Steve
|| >
|| > -----Original Message-----
|| > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf
|| > Of
|| > Barry G
|| > Sent: Monday 25 August 2008 17:30
|| > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
|| >
|| > Do you know what operating system it's using, and will it run a screen
|| > reader?
|| >
|| > All the best,
|| > Barry G
|| > ----- Original Message ----- 
|| > From: "Dean Wilcox" <wilcoxdean@xxxxxxxxxxx>
|| > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 5:25 PM
|| > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
|| >
|| >
|| >>I am surprised the Asus EEE mobile PC isn't getting more of a mention.
|| >>Its
|| >
|| >>a mobile PC like we're discussing here but the hard drive is flash
| based.
|| >>It only has a 4 or 8 GB drive depending on model but you can use SD
| cards
|| >>to boost this.  This makes it quieter and the battery life is over 3
|| >>hours,
|| >
|| >>I'm sure I heard 3.5.
|| >>
|| >> At 16:48 25/08/2008, you wrote:
|| >>>Hi Steve,
|| >>>
|| >>>"I have just ordered the MSI Wind, primarily because it has a slightly
|| >>>more gutsy processor than the Advent on it..."
|| >>>
|| >>>Hmmm, from what I read the MSI Wind and the Advent are the same. The
|| >>>reviews say that the Advent is the MSI Wind only repackaged under a
|| >>>different brand name for UK market and sold by PC World. It worth
|| >>>mentioning that the new EEEPC is using the Atom Intel processer too.
|| >>>
|| >>>Cheers,
|| >>>Amro
|| >>>
|| >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| >>>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| >>>Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:31 PM
|| >>>Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
|| >>>
|| >>>
|| >>>>Hi Saqib,
|| >>>>
|| >>>>I have just ordered the MSI Wind, primarily because it has a slightly
|| >>>>more
|| >>>>gutsy processor than the Advent on it.  Also, I read in reviews that
| the
|| >>>>fan
|| >>>>on the Advent is a bit noisy.  Is this true?
|| >>>>
|| >>>>All the best
|| >>>>
|| >>>>Steve
|| >>>>
|| >>>>-----Original Message-----
|| >>>>From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
| Behalf
|| >>>>Of
|| >>>>Saqib
|| >>>>Sent: Monday 25 August 2008 12:56
|| >>>>To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| >>>>Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs
|| >>>>
|| >>>>Hi Andy I have the Advent 4211 10 inch mini laptop. It has XP HOme 
and
|| >>>>1GB
|| >>>>RAM and 80 GB hard disk space. Battery life will be around 1 hour and
| 40
|| >>>>mins roughly. It has 3 USB ports and the fan vents are on the left
| side.
|| >>>>I
|| >>>>run System Access which is my preferred screen reader and I think 
Jaws
|| >>>>will
|| >>>>run nicely on the machine. I will run a demo on the machine later to
| see
|| >>>>if
|| >>>>Jaws does run properly. This laptop is for £279.99 from PC World and
|| >>>>Currys.
|| >>>>
|| >>>>I'll let you know how the Jaws experiment went.
|| >>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Collins"
|| >>>><andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| >>>>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| >>>>Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 12:46 PM
|| >>>>Subject: [access-uk] Ultra Mobile PCs
|| >>>>
|| >>>>
|| >>>>>Hi all -
|| >>>>>
|| >>>>>Will JFW run under the OS on UMPCs? I don't know anything about
| UMPCs,
|| >>>>>but
|| >>>>>they look to  be a more handy alternative to a laptop? I don't know
|| >>>>>what
|| >>>>>OS
|| >>>>>systems UMPCs use, so I'd be interested if anybody has any 
experience
|| >>>>>of
|| >>>>>using one, what kind of features they offer etc, but this of course
| is
|| >>>>>only
|| >>>>>relevant if JFW runs ok! -
|| >>>>>
|| >>>>>Andy
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