[oats-sig] ASUS mother board good for OATS devices

This looks awesome, I'm totally inspired by this concept... It is

Jambu could play a part too.

In fact other applications come to mind. If FireVox works with
Splashtop then you have an internet device for the visual impaired.

Add a dash of Nokia's Hildon input method and you get tablet device.

Add a twist of voip and you get communications.

add a splash of multimedia .....

On 16/10/2007, Simon Judge <simon.judge at nhs.net> wrote:
>  This looks awesome, I'm totally inspired by this concept...  It is
> interesting that AAC (communication aid) devices have, historically, been
> based on Win operating systems but 'locked down' to prevent access to the OS
> (apparently for increased reliability, though there is some evidence against
> this [1]).  In recent times the companies have finally relented and admitted
> that there is an OS behind their software and now let users have access to
> the OS, however it now means that boot times are an issue!!!
>
> 5 second power up to a functioning AAC device is a very desirable goal and
> if it can be on a FLOSS and lightweight platform that allows access to some
> basic/simple other tools through Ffox, then awesome!!!
>
> I really think this is brilliant!!!!  I'd better get writing research
> proposals......
>
> Cheers.
>
> Simon
>
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> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 6:03 PM
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> Subject: [oats-sig] ASUS mother board good for OATS devices
>
> This low power, fast boot mother board acts is a communications appliance
> and includes Linux and a stripped down Firefox called splashtop. It should
> be an ideal base for OATS devices AACs given its
> 5 seconds power up time.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2th2dz
> http://www.splashtop.com/
>
> also see
>
> http://gemal.dk/blog/2007/10/10/firefox_on_the_motherboard/?from=rss-categor
> y
>
>
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