[access-uk] Re: Accessable games.
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 19:14:02 -0000
Still Steve, its a shame the Americans are keeping the Icon to themselves in
such
an apparently insular way, but that's so often the way with them! progressive
tech in one country! (Oh, was forgetting the USB 1.1 sockets! Not quite so
progressive!
What appeals to me about the Icon range is that they're based on Linux I believe
and so should be more stable and very likely much more secure. I think it would
be such a nice machine to base an international note taker and audio player on
and
avoiding all the nasties we're so accustomed to with MS Windows.
The price looks quite reasonable too, no doubt in part due to not paying licence
fees to Microsoft.Still, come the day - if it ever should arrive - that the
Americans decide we can have the Icon family here, what's the betting that
there'll be the usual Uk price hike!
From Ray
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-----Original Message-----
Steve Nutt
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessable games.
Hi Christine,
Bear in mind that no attempt at internationalisation has been done to the
Icon,
so you have to enter dates in American format. Also, the address book does not
accept UK post codes, only Zip codes, which are in a different format. I
wouldn't
go there.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Christine Weetman
Sent: 06 January 2008 15:48
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessable games.
Hi thanks for this, I need a new note taker Desperately, (second hand would be
best but I can't find one so searching for the cheapest) I have a BN classic so
I
want similar so I'm really interested in this icon, do you have a website on
hand
by any chance? I never know my luck, I've got a friend coming over from the
states in the summer so maybe able to get her to fatch it over for me. Fingers
crossed. Many thanks again for the help, Christine.
----- Original Message -----
From: ari
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 2:57 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessable games.
Hi Christine,
This Icon thing is a notetaker, made by a company in America, but for some
reason last time I saw they didn't want to send it to anywhere outside the US.
It
has speech and I think a braille keyboard, but not a display, and I have no idea
if it has a Word Processor or how good it is for people who love grade 2
braille,
I've seen a manual, but the whole thing seems unclear, but I didn't read the
manual properly either.
Ari
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