Mobile computer looks out for the sight-impaired 
From: Government Computer News - 02/10/2003 - page 28
By: Vandana Sinha

The new PAC Mate mobile computer for visually impaired workers is the first
to run standard Microsoft Windows applications. 

Sight-impaired users generally must rely on proprietary operating systems
that don't work with the dominant Windows or Linux applications.  

The PAC Mate—dubbed the Pocket PC for the blind—runs versions of Microsoft
Word, Outlook and Internet Explorer for the Pocket PC and Windows CE
operating systems, and it can synchronize with desktop applications.  

The Eloquence speech synthesizer reads documents and e-mail messages to users
of the PAC Mate, jointly produced by Freedom Scientific Inc. of St.
Petersburg, FL and Microsoft Corp. The device this year will gain wireless
connectivity and peripheral ports for Global Positioning System devices and
braille displays, officials said.  

http://www.gcn.com/22_3/tech-report/21066-1.html

Links:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/PACMate.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2002/Oct02/10-16NDEAM.asp
http://www.nanopac.com/PAC%20Mate%20Braille%20Notetaker.htm
http://www.keyalt.com/braille/pacmate.htm
http://www.aroga.com/newsletter.asp