So steve, what is Ubuntu ? Sounds like it might be speech software, is this because JFW doesn't work on hand helds? - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 7:40 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs | Hi Dean, | | I agree it won't talk out of the box, but I do know people who have wiped | the Linnux distro that comes with it, and put Ubuntu on it, and successfully | got it talking. | | All the best | | Steve | | -----Original Message----- | From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of | Dean Wilcox | Sent: Monday 25 August 2008 21:42 | To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultra Mobile PCs | | I read on another mailing list, so I don't know | how reliable this is, that getting Linux to talk | on the Asus PCs was tricky. It apparently won't | work as it comes out of the box - they were | wanting to use it that way but ended up putting | Windows XP on it with a screen reader. All I'm | really saying is that if your going to buy an | Asus EEE PC and plan to use Linux then do some | research first to make sure something like Orca will work. | | At 20:48 25/08/2008, you wrote: | >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 | >>>>>> | >>>>>>** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- | >>>>>>** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] | >>>>>>** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: | >>>>>>** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | >>>>>>** and in the Subject line type | >>>>>>** unsubscribe | >>>>>>** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the | >>>>>>** immediately-following link:- | >>>>>>** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] | >>>>>>** or send a message, to | >>>>>>** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq | >>>>>> | >>>>>> | >>>>>>No virus found in this incoming message. | >>>>>>Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com | >>>>>>Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release Date: | >>>>>>25/08/2008 | >>>>> | >>>>>>07:05 | >>>>>> | >>>>> | >>>>>** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- | >>>>>** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] | >>>>>** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: | >>>>>** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | >>>>>** and in the Subject line type | >>>>>** unsubscribe | >>>>>** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the | >>>>>** immediately-following link:- | >>>>>** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] | >>>>>** or send a message, to | >>>>>** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq | >>>>> | >>>>> | >>>>> | >>>>>** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- | >>>>>** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] | >>>>>** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: | >>>>>** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | >>>>>** and in the Subject line type | >>>>>** unsubscribe | >>>>>** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the | >>>>>** immediately-following link:- | >>>>>** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] | >>>>>** or send a message, to | >>>>>** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq | >>>> | >>>>** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- | >>>>** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] | >>>>** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: | >>>>** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | >>>>** and in the Subject line type | >>>>** unsubscribe | >>>>** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the | >>>>** immediately-following link:- | >>>>** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] | >>>>** or send a message, to | >>>>** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq | >>>> | >>>> | >>>> | >>>>-- | >>>>No virus found in this incoming message. | >>>>Checked by AVG. 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