Experiences with Elba

[John J. Boyer]

The Elba is indeed an interesting Linux Braille PDA. However, it takes 
some getting used to. So far, I haven't been able to set it to my 
preferences. In particular, I can't get it to stop talking. This is 
very irritating, since even with my cochlear implant turned off i can 
feel the vibrations. Also, if I switch it to Grade 2, it promptly goes 
back to computer braille when I change to a different application. I've 
tried turning off speech in the setup application numerous times, with 
no result. Maybe I have to be root to change the defaults, but there is 
no mention of this in the manual.

I haven't been able to subscribe to the Elba mailing list. The address
given here a few days ago doesn't seem to work.

With all that, the Elba has a nice user interface. It is a good example 
of how the usability generally associated with a GUI can be built into a 
text-mode interface. 

John

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John J. boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer
Computers to Help People, Inc.
www.chpi.org
6033 Monona Drive, suite 205; Madison, WI 53716