Thanks for the netbook discussion that motivated
me
to order one today for our Bay Area ALSA demo/loan center. For
Trish and others who may be wondering about prices, I have them listed
below
from my order. It all came to 429.00 including tax. Good
price
considering that portable speech generating devices are over 4K. Two
of
my clients with ALS are ordering Netbooks after trials with portable
devices.
Both of these clients usually carry a laptop around anyway and they did
not
want to carry two devices. I guess we all just wait and see what
the
outcomes are. I hope people will share the pluses and minuses their
clients experience using netbooks.
I thought your suggestions for software
were
great. You asked about any additional software
recommendations. I might add ShortKeys Lite http://shortkeys.com/lite.htm which
is a free abbreviation expansion software that you can use with
Etrilloquist. Also I might suggest going to NextUp.com for a good
quality voice for about $35.00. Thanks again and I
have
the prices listed below.
Acer Aspire
One
AOA150-1505 8.9-Inch Netbook
(1.6 GHz Intel
Atom
N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, XP Home, 6
Cell
Battery)
$329.99
Burnoaa
Mini-Notebook Premium Memory Foam Pouch Case with Front
Pocket
$22.92
Laptop
Speakers -
USB, Portable, Compact, Travel Speaker for PC and Mac - B-Flex 2 Hi-Fi
Stereo
USB Speaker (White)"
$39.95
OR
"Genius SP--i200U USB
Portable
Digital
Speakers
for notebooks- Black"
$23.
Sincerely,
Amy Roman, MS, CCC-SLP
Augmentative Communication Specialist
Forbes
Norris ALS
Research Center
2324 Sacramento
Street
San Francisco,
CA 94115
P (415)600-1263
F (415)673-5184
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--- On Tue, 2/10/09, Antoinette Verdone
<xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
From: Antoinette
Verdone <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Assistive Technology] Netbooks
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 7:35 AM
I
wanted
to share with you my experience with the
netbooks.
We
just
purchased two systems. I purchased a usb speaker that works well
and I
also got a carrying case that I think is
good.
See
attached pictures.
I got
everything from Amazon.com
The
speakers are:
Genius
SP-i200U USB Portable Digital Speakers for notebooks-
Black
The
case
is:
Acer
Aspire One 8.9" Mini-Notebook Premium Memory Foam Pouch Case -
(Black)
I just
saw
they have one with a front pocket, which would be even
better:
Burnoaa
Mini-Notebook Premium Memory Foam Pouch Case with Front Pocket -
(Black)
I
installed Etriloquist, Click-n-Type, Skype, Dasher, and Mozilla
Firefox.
Are
you
guys recommending any other software?
No
users
yet, but I will report back if I get any
feedback.
Antoinette
Verdone, MSBME, ATP
Assistive
Technology Specialist
The
ALS
Association, Greater New
York
Chapter
NEW
ADDRESS:
42
Broadway, Suite
1724
New
York,
NY 10004
Fax:
212-619-7409
Email:
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx
www.als-ny.org
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cannot consent to creep when one has the impulse to soar" --
Helen
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