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knfbREADER Mobile uses Nokia N82 as text-to-speech device {Engadget}
Jan 29th 2008 4:29PM I'm torn when it comes to this. On the one hand I can appreciate a company developing software, then being able to make money off of that software however they choose (the American way, right?).
But as a Dyslexic college student... I find it truly sad that the price for this software is so outragious.
Software like this would increase my education and life a thousand-fold... yet I'll never be able to use it because I'm too busy worrying about things like rent, food, and tuition to worry about a "luxury" like being able to learn the way my brain is wired.
I called the company to see if they had any sort of discount for students... the guy said he estimated it might be as "little" as $1,500.
So yeah, I'm happy that the company managed to do this, but I hate how they make it sound like they are hero's for those people who truly need the software.
What's even worse--while I'm on this rant--is that while a wheelchair is covered by insurance for a person that might need one, and insulin is covered for diabetics, etc.... if you have a reading disability, the insurance company could care less.
I hate Kurzweil.
Parolee's crime wave foiled by GPS anklet {Engadget}
Jul 30th 2007 3:45AM You are one of the most ignorant people I've seen on this site.
It saddens me that you believe the legal system is 100% accurate, or at least. accurate enough to support death in so many cases.
I can only hope you are never falsely accused of any crimes... yet if you are, I can only hope you hold true to your beliefs of punishment.
GW Micro's VoiceSense: PDA for the blind {Engadget}
Jul 14th 2007 7:39PM @Jon - First off... I'm not sure what blind people you know, but the ones I do care about style... especially physical sensations... and an "ugly" sticker for a blind person would refer to the texture and interruption of the flow of the object.
Stop being a troll.
GW Micro's VoiceSense: PDA for the blind {Engadget}
Jul 14th 2007 5:09PM I honestly think it should have a screen of some sort...
Mainly because of 2 scenarios:
1) If I lose my PDA phone, any average good-semaritan-Joe can operate it and try to find my "home" number to return it... this is not possible with this phone. Although, I suppose you could put an ugly sticker on it.
2) If I am in an accident or some kind of an emergency, someone could use my phone to call/find my family.
I understand why it doesn't have a screen... but for $1800... I think it should atleast have something for non-blind people to be able to use the unit a little.
Details on Taser's XREP electric shotgun shell emerge {Engadget}
Jul 10th 2007 1:12PM @kamo
No. "Non-lethal" weapons are more prone to abuse since they lack the same result as their lethal cousins.
Is it better to be shot by this rather than a real bullet? Of course. But a better question is... should you have been shot in the first place by anything?
Giveaway: super rare E Ink watch! {Engadget}
Jul 6th 2007 11:23PM my crappy scratched up g-shock
Turtles don solar-powered communicators in the name of science {Engadget}
Jul 6th 2007 4:26PM Millions of years of evolution to match the earth-tone colors of its surroundings in hopes to hide from far away predators... and we go and put a shiny "come and get me" sign on their back. Poor turtles.
