[access-uk] Re: talking digital media centre
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 16:39:48 +0100
Thanks Andrew for your knowledgable input to this subject.
The reasons why Portset and/or their developer chose Embedded windows as the
OS for this talking media centre may never be known exactly but as you say the
experience of the developer programmer may have had much to do with it. I
wonder how many soundcards will work with Linux systems. May be its a matter
of drivers, maybe more. In any case I am not really saying that a small player
like Portset can get its investment back in the same way as Sky, which
obviously isn't the case.
I suppose that for many on this list the key to digital media access may well
lye in Windows Media Center and PC adaptations, particularly ohosted by very
quiet Pcs. The unfortunate thing is that for anyone wanting to do a stand
alone solution like Portsets, hopefully with pictures, they'll have to start
from scratch. Potential competitor developersmay well be put off by a market
already spoken for if enough are prepared to pay this sort of premium for
digital media access - in this case without MP3 support!
Let's just hope that another developer does see their way to producing a more
VI embracing solution - not just totally blind users - - at a few hundred
pounds less than this offering. I wouldn't like to see this price point
setting some sort of expectation and norm for this sort of thing.
Ray
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Andrew wrote:
Hi Ray,
Regarding the Linux point, it doesn't really matter what the unit is
developed on, and I can see why Portset choose the platform - specificly
support from the manufacturer of the digital card they use, the fact
that the speech synth is written for Windows and probably general
programming experience in that OS.
The Netgem products are run on a special Linux kurnel, however, they
designed the hardware themselves, and are probably in a much better
position to do the initial groundwork - being a larger company and will
get the research costs back quicker - than Portset are.
Andrew.
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