David, > i'm trying to find a good pda or portable computer to place inside it for voice recognition > [ANY IDEAS ANYONE]. we used two pvc pipes to create a sliding track and a handlre on > its edge so you can drop it on your side or pull it accross your legs flip lid open and use > your portable pc[or have someone assist for setup] we will set up a website and share > pictures and designs shorrtly if you are interested. Yes, please show some pictures, I have been thinking of similar ideas, along with an idea for an arm that would hold an LCD panel and allow it to be slid down beside the wheelchair when not in use. For serious speech recognition you need quite a bit of horsepower. Check this out ... http://www.advantech.com/estore/products/Model_Detail.asp?model_id=1-9QR93 Price is $340 for 400Mhz and they have a special $331 for 667 Mhz ... It supports 512MB RAM, has audio onboard, and has PC/104, so you can add a dual PCMCIA module for WLAN, CDPD/CDMA/whatever. It has LVDS output, which means you can have long cable length to LCDs (not limited to 18 inches like most digital LCD connections, therefore the cable could be inside an arm that holds the LCD in front of you on the wheelchair). It also has a serious graphics accelerator (S3 Savage4). It needs 5 and 12 volts, but a regulator that does both can be found at either TI, Datel, or Maxim. -- Doug -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain
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