Tom Now if Whorl pool and others would market this idea to the mainstream it would keep the cost down and possibly expand it's applications. What I am thinking is something like it being accessible for those who can see but some times need their glasses to read. This way they would not need to chase their glasses to use the stove. And if blind accessible appliances were put in all low-income housing units as they need to be replaced then if a blind person moved into the unit it would not need to be replaced or retrofitted. I am not saying most of us blind folks end up in low-income housing but it is a reality that it some times does happen. And just think of the senior high rises where a good number of residents are likely to loose some of their sight eventually. Now I don't want a bunch of political responses to the views in this post, please. I am just trying to make the point that the more main stream you can make any product regardless of what it is, the more viable and affordable it will be. Robert Every one brightens a room. Some by entering and some by leaving.
-----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Don Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:58 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] speech chip update Really good info, Keep us posted on this. regards ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:07 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] speech chip update Just FYI, I've been in touch with folks at local epson sales office. they are just comming out with what amounts to a dec talk on a single chip for about $10.00. Only minor problem is it is in a very strange package so we'll have to see how we can make it possible for small manufacturers and individuals to work with it. They are going to be selling them through a known supplier in small quantities, unlike some big companies who will only sell you thousands. This looks most promising. We'll be getting a demo and access to an engineer in the next few weeks. I'll report back when I know more. If this works out, when yo ask companies to make there stuff talk you will be able to give them a part number. with speech synthesis available for ten bucks, fancy pre-recorded digitized speech will be a thing of the past, except for talking books of course. This can't be me, I'm actually sounding optomistic, something will go wrong. Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
