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1636 Prasad Chaturvedula
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Feb 1, 2002
12:14 pm
Greetings friends, I am a new member of the list. I am a visually impaited person and am interested in the speech aspects of the simputer. I was wondering...
1637 Ravi Shankar Desiraju
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Feb 1, 2002
1:22 pm
Prasad, My understanding is that the speech engine being used in the Simputer now is called Dhvani and was developed at IISc.Current support is for Hindi,...
1638 rdhan hello
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Feb 1, 2002
1:49 pm
where can i buy an simputer? ... Do You Yahoo!? Get personalised at My Yahoo!....
1639 Optimistix
rileen@... Send Email
Feb 1, 2002
3:48 pm
Hi, This is just to inform that the languages supported by Dhvani right now are Hindi, Kannada and Telugu - Tamil isn't supported yet, though in due of course...
1640 Prasad Chaturvedula
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Feb 1, 2002
5:36 pm
Hi Ravi and Rileen, Thanks for the info. Is Dhvani a proprietary product of IISC or is it free. I just wanted to try it out on my linux box to guage the...
1641 Optimistix
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Feb 1, 2002
5:41 pm
....... and can be downloaded from http://www.simputer.org An update is to be released soon. Yours, Rileen ...
1642 friendly folks
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Feb 1, 2002
7:34 pm
BTW, M$ actually had plans to ship IE on unix way back in 1996 ... You know, how it goes :) ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
1643 yashwant khanolkar
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Feb 2, 2002
8:47 am
1644 yashwant khanolkar
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Feb 2, 2002
8:49 am
1645 bonzo764 Send Email Feb 2, 2002
1:58 pm
... IE & OE for unix/linux !!! well i guess u learn something new everyday. i must confess i prefer IE over netscape/konqueror/opera (so sue me :) ). its...
1646 Vivek K S
ksvivek1975 Send Email
Feb 2, 2002
2:52 pm
Hi, For mp3s , there is mpg123 availible on the simputer. chimera is also availible on the simputer. IMLI talks to applid (the server for IML pages) using ITP....
1647 bonzo764 Send Email Feb 3, 2002
12:45 pm
dear vivek, thanks, it sure cleared up a lot of my doubts. u didnt mention anything about playing mpeg/avi clips ... so i guess simputer doesnt come loaded...
1648 root
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Feb 3, 2002
7:20 pm
Hi, I did not mention about a player for mpeg/avi clips, because I have not tried anything on that yet. But I guess xanim or plaympeg should run just fine... ...
1649 Paul Soetmulder
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Feb 4, 2002
2:14 am
Dear Group, I have followed some of the discussions, and am glad to have learned a bit more about the technology used. I thought that equally important to...
1650 Dorai Thodla
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Feb 4, 2002
2:29 am
Some of the discussions we had at EOE ( Education Object Economy www.eoe.org) centered around using Simputer as an aid to teaching. So it was more as a tool...
1651 Teo Clifford
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Feb 4, 2002
2:46 am
Hi Paul, I think Dorai is quite right, the positioning is very important, and better come out the product fast or it might becomes obsolute! I could use TTS...
1652 Sandra Morgan
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Feb 4, 2002
3:34 am
I usually lurk on this list BUT because of the post below I feel compelled ... I own a small start up company in the United States that is working to market...
1653 Prasad Chaturvedula
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Feb 4, 2002
12:31 pm
Hi, But for the simputer to compete with palm devices, there should keypad input feature. I find that if simputer has this feature, then it would be a highly...
1654 Prashanth Pappu
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Feb 4, 2002
4:53 pm
Hi all, Here are two really long mails which I had posted earlier To the list in the same context regarding the true utlity of simputer. Im pretty much...
1655 Rolf Zwart
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Feb 4, 2002
6:32 pm
Dear group, For some time now I have followed this group and it's nice to read both about the technical developments and the discussions about how it can be ...
1656 Chris Moffatt
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Feb 4, 2002
8:07 pm
I share a passion that many on this list have for harnessing technology to serve disadvantaged communities, with a special interest in education. I am...
1657 jonathan chetwynd
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Feb 4, 2002
8:39 pm
$50/pda is certainly not more than 5 years away.. more like 2-3 they might be recycled, they might be new -- j.chetwynd@... http://www.peepo.com...
1658 Prashanth Pappu
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Feb 5, 2002
5:21 pm
Hi all, Here is the link to an article talking abt using Smart cards in the Public distribution system in the state of Kerala. The article claims that, when...
1659 Girish Alva
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Feb 6, 2002
12:25 pm
Hi all, I strongly feel that there is the need to take IT into our rural places. Does Simputer does that or not is a question. Basically, when someone new to...
1660 friendly folks
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Feb 6, 2002
6:32 pm
May be, on side note ... I guess, issue is education and training. User friendly applications written in native languages may play a critical role in bringing...
1661 jaco
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Feb 6, 2002
8:24 pm
... From: Rolf Zwart <rolf.zwart@...> Can someone tell me what is the status of presently available software on simputer? is it open, open source like...
1662 BFK Free
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Feb 6, 2002
9:40 pm
hello from France (my english is approximative) I want to buy NOW !!! a simputer . In March 2002 we fly to the Nepal if simputer Works I hope it's will de...
1663 Harish Kotian
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Feb 7, 2002
5:16 am
NEW SMART CARD COULD KNOW EVERYTHING A San Francisco company called PrivaSys has developed a battery-powered smart card that could be used to replace all the...
1664 Kiran Kaja by way of ...
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Feb 7, 2002
5:16 am
Mahajan sends India's first digitally signed e-mail to PM Kanchana Suggu in Mumbai IT Minister Pramod Mahajn sending the first digitally signed e-mail to the ...
1665 Arun_K
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Feb 7, 2002
7:18 am
Very true indeed. There seems to be an alternative manufacturer marketing a handheld called 'Kaii' refer Bangalore Times 6/2/2002. Does any one have specs...
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