The biggest appeal I see for this is actually marketed in other countries where government agencies don't exist, or don't have the budget to buy equipment for their blind students. I do have some questions though. First off, you mentioned 3D printing for the parts, but from what I've seen and heard about it, the parts you get from desktop 3D printers, even ones that cost nearly 2,000 USD, well, the parts you get aren't very strong. What you need for a notetaker is a strong case, because even if you are careful, accidents still can happen, even if you carried the thing around like it was the holy grail, someone else could slam into you, knocking it out of your hand and onto the floor. it would be unfortunate then, since a case made from 3D PLA or ABS plastic probably wouldn't stand up to that. So, my question about that is how do you plan to address durability issues. One thing I can think of us to have a sighted person create a 3D model which could be 3D printed, then the print could be taken to a machinist, or a plastics shop that could manufacture it in a stronger, more durable material. You would need to negotiate a contract with the shop though, since your aim is to manufacture these units in bulk, that would add some money to the final cost, but a little money here and there to make the thing a little more durable I think is a good thing. Second, would this device be able to use Speakup on the shell, like bash or if you wished, zSH? Also, would it be possible to be able to use GTK or QT apps like Audacity, gEdit and Mumble?
I am enthusiastic about this, though I am not in the notetaker space right now, I definitely see that this project has marketability. I think here in the U.S., but definitely in other countries, especially in non-western ones.
Oh, another question, will the notetaker be offered with a builtin display, or is that off the table due to it driving costs up too high?
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