RE: Survey: An SDK for proprietary systems
- From: <Nick.Adamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:07:42 -0000
Hi Ken.
I've not come across these note takers and didn't find anything on
Google, is there a website I can read about them?
Thanks.
Nick.
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From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Perry
Sent: 11 December 2009 05:23
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Survey: An SDK for proprietary systems
Well you might not think they are popular but I have pretty good inside
information that they sell just as good as the others. The only thing
they currently lack is a gps solution. They far out stretch the others
when it comes to the calculator and even the web browser is much better
even though being that its Linux it has its problems not being able to
currently play wma None of the others even come close to the ease in
which the BP and Icon connect to the internet. Not to mention when it
comes to popular you would be amazed when you can get both a Braille
display and the device for under 3500$ it far beats the others in price.
Not only that but the coding team both uses and cares about the product.
I could go on but your statement about popular note takers just doesn't
fit what I know the sales to be of the BP, Icon and the RB18.
Ken
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 11:14 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Survey: An SDK for proprietary systems
Hi,
I was talking about the three popular ones - BrailleNote, Braille Sense
and PAC Mate. (Thanks for reminding about Icon though).
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Perry
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:58 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Survey: An SDK for proprietary systems
This is not true braille plus and Icon can do third party software
anything that runs on OE linux and anything someone wants to write in
python.
Ken
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:58 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Survey: An SDK for proprietary systems
Dear programmers and engineers,
This is Joseph Lee, a computer science student at University of
California, Riverside. The reason for writing this post is to gather
your thoughts and opinions about a subject that I think a lot of you
would be familiar with.
As of 2009, we have numerous blindness PDA's and notetakers on the
market, such as BrailleNote from HumanWare, Braille Sense from HIMS/GW
Micro and PAC Mate from Freedom Scientific. Off all these products, only
PAC Mate allows development of third-party software via SDK's and IDE
for Windows Mobile, such as Visual Studio and BASIC4PPC. For other
products, there is no SDK for KeySoft (BrailleNote) for individuals and
an SDK exists for Braille Sense (in language other than English).
As a student, I thought I could use my BrailleNote as a "test platform"
to develop programs for KeySoft and practice programming skills with it.
However, when I enquired about availability of keySoft SDK (via asking
another person to ask for me), the only response was that only companies
who shows interest in BrailleNote can consult with HumanWare for writing
programs for BrailleNote. A notable example is BrailleNote GPS from
Sendero Group. In other words, there is no widely available SDK so that
an individual can write external applications for KeySoft (just like
Blazie programmers had done and PAC Mate programmers are doing now).
While I was thinking about this, I remembered this list, thus deciding
to appeal to you as to what should I (and other potential student
programmers) who are BN users should do (in order to persuade HumanWare
so that an individual can write external software with a widely
available SDK for KeySoft). This persuasion, if successful with
HumanWare, could work with HIMS/GW Micro to port Braille Sense SDK to
English.
I thought of this list mostly because we have programmers who have
experience with this kind of issue, thus can give us (students and users
of these systems) some recommendations as to what we should do.
]Here are the issues at hand:
* If we want competetiveness, I believe that an SDK for
BrailleNote should be widely available (with a cost) so that individual
programmers can develop useful programs for it.
* With the availability of this SDK, blind programmers can write
programs for the blind - thus giving back to the BrailleNote user
community.
* In case of an SDK for Braille Sense, if an SDK is available in
one language (in this case, Korean), then I believe that it should be
available in English as well (where we have more potential for useful
external utilities).
So I (and others) would like to ask you as to your opinions and
recommendations as to what we should do next (as a collective action).
Thank you for your considerations.
Sincerely,
Joseph S. Lee
University of California, Riverside
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