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<div>Blind Project....</div>
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<div>What about Deaf & Blind?<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:06 PM, <<a href="mailto:Bill_Raterink@spartanstores.com">Bill_Raterink@spartanstores.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Rich,</font> <br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">I'm sorry I can't make the meeting on the 10th, but I'm very interested in your IPAQ for the Blind project. If you could send me any information you have as far as language, database, ports requirements, etc. I would appreciate it. I've done some work in the '90s with a blind person who ran a snackbar, he's retired now, but the POS system was a super fun project. I've loaded ubuntu onto an old Compaq server & that's about the extent of my training so far. I plan to make it my linux/perl learning machine. Please keep me in mind if you have anything a perl/linux noobie might be able to handle.</font> <br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">Thanks,</font> <br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">-Bill.</font> <br><br><br><br><br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><br><font face="Arial" size="2">Hello GRLUG members,</font> <br><font size="3"> </font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">Thought I'd give you all a heads-up. I've already RSVP'd with Casey. I'm planning to bring with me an IPAQ computer(Celeron 500 or P3-733 with 128meg ram), that we have configured to boot off of CD running Geexbox Linux. The solution is designed to be as hands-off as possible for use by those with vision impairments. The PC connects over the internet to an audio stream provided by </font><a href="http://www.thesightseer.org/" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="2"><u>http://www.thesightseer.org</u></font></a><font face="Arial" size="2"> an organization that provides a reading service to the blind and physically handicapped. It's a non-profit and runs soley on donations -- there are no commericals in the broadcasts. They've been broadcasting on a side-channel to fixed frequency radios in the past, but also now provide an audio stream on the web. If you go to their web page and click on their icon it should spawn a player for the stream.</font> <br>
<font size="3"> </font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">Right now, the CDRom based solution works, but I may need the group's help in making a hard drive based solution viable as well, since CDRom drives for IPAQs are somewhat difficult to obtain, cost being the most difficult hurdle. I can explain at the meeting what we know so far and what we want to accomplish. The solution has been promoted to several Lion's Clubs already so we're really excited to be making Linux an integral part of the solution. :)</font> <br>
<font size="3"> </font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">Looking forward to seeing you all there!</font> <br><font size="3"> </font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">Rich</font> <br><font size="3"> </font> <br><font size="3">----- Original Message ----- </font><br>
<font size="3"><b>From:</b> </font><a href="mailto:cdubois@n-vint.com" target="_blank"><font color="blue" size="3"><u>Casey DuBois</u></font></a><font size="3"> </font><br><font size="3"><b>To:</b> </font><a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org" target="_blank"><font color="blue" size="3"><u>grlug@grlug.org</u></font></a><font size="3"> </font><br>
<font size="3"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 02, 2008 4:11 PM</font> <br><font size="3"><b>Subject:</b> [GRLUG] Need Topics * GRLUG April Meeting - next week Thursday April 10th 6-8PM</font> <br><br><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>GRLUG (Grand Rapids Linux Users Group) April Meeting</b></font> <br>
<font face="Arial" size="3">Food will be provided so please RSVP to </font><a href="mailto:cdubois@n-vint.com" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="3"><u>cdubois@n-vint.com</u></font></a><font face="Arial" size="3"> so I can make sure to have enough.</font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="3"> </font><br>
<font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="1">*Also let me know if you have any special needs (Allergies, Vegetarian, Etc.).</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>Date and Time:</b></font> <br><font face="Arial" size="3">Thursday April 10<sup>th</sup></font> <br>
<font face="Arial" size="3">6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (food will be ready @ 6:00)<b><br><br>Location:</b><br>N-Vint, Inc.</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="3">3240 Hanna Lake Industrial Park Drive SE, Caledonia</font><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="3"><u><br>
</u></font><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=3240+Hanna+Lake+Industrial+Park+Drive+SE,+Caledonia,+MI&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=24.455808,59.765625&ie=UTF8&ll=42.847275,-85.580063&spn=0.085205,0.159645&z=13&iwloc=addr&om=1" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="3"><u>http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=3240+Hanna+Lake+Industrial+Park+Drive+SE,+Caledonia,+MI&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=24.455808,59.765625&ie=UTF8&ll=42.847275,-85.580063&spn=0.085205,0.159645&z=13&iwloc=addr&om=1</u></font></a> <br>
<font face="Arial" size="3"><b>Topics:</b></font> <br><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>What do we want to discuss???</b></font> <br><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>Does anyone have a presentation???</b></font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2"> </font> <br>
<font face="Arial" size="2">Sincerely,</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="3"><i>Casey M. DuBois</i></font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>N-VINT, Inc.</b></font> <br><font face="Arial" size="1">3240 Hanna Lake Industrial Park Dr. SE, Caledonia, MI 49316</font> <br>
<font face="Arial" size="2">616-656-5500 Office</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>866-337-2686</b> Direct</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2"><i>AOL IM: <b>CaseyNVINT</b></i></font> <br><a href="mailto:cdubois@n-vint.com" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="2"><u>cdubois@n-vint.com</u></font></a> <br>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems."<br>-Linus Torvalds</font> </div></div>
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